Let Me Be Frank with You

John Mackey

Subtitle: For four-part adaptable ensemble, plus drum set

General Info

Year: 2020
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Osti Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $75.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

Flute
Oboe
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet

Part 2

Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet

Part 3

Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
F Horn
Trombone
Euphonium

Part 4

Bassoon
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Double Bass

Percussion, including:

Bass Drum (optional)
Drum Set
Tambourine

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This is the first piece John Mackey composed during quarantine. After months of not being inspired to write, the melody came to him for this piece. Initially, he was afraid that he had accidentally plagiarized Frank Ticheli, so he played the piece for him. Ticheli told him that it was not plagiarized and encouraged him to use it, hence the title, Let Me Be Frank with You. The piece is dedicated to Frank Ticheli.

- Program Note from Music for the Pandemic (and Beyond)

Media

Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Concert Band (Joel Pagán, conductor) - 6 February 2023
Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) Concert Band (Mary Land, conductor; Kohl Corrigan, percussion) - 17 October 2022
Clovis (Calif.) North Educational Center Wind Ensemble (Richard Saucedo, conductor) – 22 April 2022 (2022 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Clovis (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Esmeralda Lozano, conductor) – 22 April 2022 (2022 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Lincoln High School (Stockton, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Cathy Ettle, conductor) – 19 February 2022 (2022 CASMEC Conference, Fresno)
Vandegrift High School (Austin, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Katie VanDoren, conductor) - 17 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
Hartwick College (Oneonta, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Pease, conductor) - 18 May 2021
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Symphony Band (Phillip A. Ostrander, conductor) - 11 May 2021
Cuesta Wind Ensemble (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) (Jennifer Martin, conductor) – 1 May 2021
High Point (N.C.) University Wind Ensemble (Brian Meixner, conductor) - 27 April 2021
University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Wind Ensemble (Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor) - 27 April 2021
Abilene (Tx.) Christian University Wind Ensemble (Steven Ward, conductor) - 9 April 2021
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) Wind Ensemble (Derek Shapiro, conductor) - 5 April 2021 (Virtual)
Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Matthew Morse, conductor) - 16 December 2020
University of Texas Arlington Symphonic Band (Christopher Evans, conductor) - 10 December 2020
Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Robert Hickey, conductor) - 7 December 2020
University of Colorado Boulder Concert Band (Branden Steinmetz, conductor) - 7 December 2020
University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Eric W. Bush, conductor) - 7 December 2020
Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 2 December 2020
University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Wind Ensemble (Carolyn Barber, conductor) - 9 October 2020
Lipscomb University (Nashville, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble - Fall 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2017/2020)

All Wind Works

Antique Violences (2017)
Asphalt Cocktail (2009)
Aurora Awakes (2009)
Clocking (2007)
Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble (2007)
Damn (1998)
A deep reverberation fills with stars (2022)
Divine Mischief (2022)
Drum Music: Concerto for Percussion (2011)
Fanfare for Full Fathom Five (2015)
Foundry (2011)
The Frozen Cathedral (2012)
Harvest: Concerto for Trombone (2009)
High Wire (2012)
Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010)
Hymn to a Blue Hour (arr. Wallace) (2010/2021)
Kingfishers Catch Fire (2007)
Let Me Be Frank with You (2020/2021)
Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Lightning Field (2015)
Liminal (2016)
Mom Song
The Night Garden (2017)
Night on Fire. See: The Soul Has Many Motions
Places we can no longer go (2018)
(redacted) (2013)
Redline Tango (2004)
The Rumor of a Secret King (2017/2018)
The Rumor of a Secret King (arr. Blegen) (2017/2018/2020)
Sacred Spaces (2019)
Sasparilla (2005)
Sheltering Sky (2012)
Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
Snarl (2018)
Some treasures are heavy with human tears (2021)
Songs from the End of the World (2015)
The Soul Has Many Motions (2013)
- Night on Fire (2013)
- Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
Strange Humors (2006)
Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
Strange Humors (saxophone ensemble) (2006/2021)
This Cruel Moon (2014/2017)
This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
Turbine (2006)
Turning (2007)
Undertow (2008)
Until the Scars (2014/2019)
Venomous Devices (2023)
Wine-Dark Sea (2014)
Xerxes (2010)

Resources

Creative Repertoire Initiative
Flaherty, Jean. " Let Me Be Frank with You by John Mackey." Literature for a Pandemic (and Beyond). Web. Accessed 24 August 2020
John Mackey website Accessed 2 July 2020
Pease, Andy. "Let Me Be Frank With You by John Mackey." Wind Band Literature, 12 February 2021. Web. Accessed 12 February 2021
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