Keepers of the House

From Wind Repertory Project
Conni Ellisor

Conni Ellisor


General Info

Year: 2022
Duration: c. 11:50
Difficulty: IV-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00   |   Score Only (print) - $30.00


Movements

1. Movement one - 5:05
2. Movement two - 6:10


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat or C Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Contra-Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bongos
  • Conga
  • Djembe
  • Glockenspiel
  • Snare Drum (Field Drum preferred)
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-tam
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

I am intrigued by the relatively new data that all trees are interconnected; that indeed they communicate, send energy to each other, and care for each other. The evidence is overwhelming that all of our forests are alive and communicating, that the “magical trees’ we dreamed about as children are real. And I wonder what that means for us. I find it unlikely that we are the exception, but more probably we’ve just lost the innate intuition that we are also part of the vast interwoven web of life.

- Program Note by composer


Keepers of the House began as an idea in the fall of 2019 and was realized two years later following a pandemic that halted large ensemble music making. Ellisor’s two-movement work was inspired by Suzanne Simard’s book, The Mother Tree.

- Program Note from Stephen F. Austin State University Wind Ensemble concert program, 11 October 2022


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • The Valley Winds (Amherst, Mass.) (Meghan MacFadden, conductor) - 12 November 2023
  • University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls) Wind Ensemble (Danny Galyen, conductor) - 21 September 2023
  • Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.) Wind Symphony (Thomas Verrier, conductor) – 16 February 2023 (CBDNA 2023 National Conference, Athens, Ga.)
  • University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond) Wind Symphony (Brian Lamb, conductor) – 11 October 2022
  • Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Tx.) Wind Ensemble ((Tamey Anglley, conductor) – 11 October 2022
  • Texas State University (San Marcos) Wind Symphony (Caroline Beatty, conductor) - 7 October 2022 *Premiere Performance*


Works for Winds by this Composer


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