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Loop, The
Subtitle: For Flex Band and Electronics
General Info
Year: 2021
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Flutronix Publishing, through Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet (and/or Soprano Saxophone)
Part 2
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Trumpet (and/or E-flat Alto Saxophone)
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Trombone
- Euphonium (and/or Bassoon)
Part 4
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium (and/or Bassoon)
Part 5
- Bassoon
- Trombone
- Bass Trombone
- Tuba (and/or String Bass)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Loop is inspired by Chicago and its promise to African-Americans who came to the city during The Great Migration. It opens with a train sound, representing the trains migrants took up to the city from places like Mississippi and other southern states. It also nods to Chicagoʼs L train, which sounds throughout the city and circles a downtown area appropriately referred to as “The Loop.“ The piece is comprised of musical loops and also embodies the repetitive and rhythmic nature of factory labor, which the majority of black southerners found themselves doing once they made it to the big city -- including my own grandfather who worked in a can factory. The piece has a driving and determined energy, much like the spirit that is needed when anyone migrates to a new home for a better life. For fun, I added house beats (house music started in Chicago!) and the opening horn motifs are inspired by Chicago-native Kanye Westʼs, All of the Lights.
A little side note: Iʼm originally from Chicago, as well as my entire family, and hold this great city very close to my heart.
The Loop, for concert band and electronics (2021), was commissioned by a consortium of ensembles lead by Kaitlin Bove and Pierce College. It received its premiere performance in December 2021 by the Eastern Wind Ensemble at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Northern Kentucky University Concert Band (Nikk Pilato, conductor) - 20 April 2023
- Diablo Valley College (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Kaitlin Bove, conductor) - 2 March 2023
- Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Symphonic Band (Kelvin Jones, conductor) - 28 November 2022
- Denison University (Granville, Ohio) Wind Ensemble (Chris David Westover-Muñez, conductor) - 19 April 2022
- Randolph-Macon College (Ashland, Va.) Ensemble (Brian Coffill, conductor) – 25 February 2022 (CBDNA 2022 Southern Conference, Columbia, S.C.)
- University of Dubuque (Iowa) Concert Band (Nolan Hauta, conductor) – 23 February 2022
- Lincoln High School (Stockton, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Cathy Ettle, conductor) – 19 February 2022 (2022 CASMEC Conference, Fresno)
- Eastern Wind Symphony (Hillsborough, N.J.) (Todd Nichols, conductor) - 17 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
- Pierce College (Puyallup, Wash.) Concert Band (Kaitlin Bove, conductor) - 5 December 2021 *Premiere Performance*
- University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Ashley La, conductor) - 3 December 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Loop (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Our Adventure (Flex instrumentation) (2022)
All Wind Works
- Calling (2011)
- Flock (2014)
- Hammers (2018)
- Hide and Seek
- The Loop (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Love Always
- Our Adventure (Flex instrumentation) (2022)
Resources
- Allison Loggins-Hull website Accessed 5 December 2021
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- Perusal score