Meditation on Amen (flex)
General Info
Year: 2018 / 2020
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Roger Zare
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $50.00 | Score Only (digital) - $10.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
Part 2
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- F Horn
Part 4
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- F Horn
Part 5
- Bassoon
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- F Horn
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Part 6
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
Timpani
Percussion
- Glockenspiel
- Suspended Cymbal
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Meditation on "Amen" was commissioned by Darby Stanton and the Ridgeview Charter Middle School Bands in honor of the retirement of Michael Gibson, director of bands. This piece is based on one of Mike's favorite gospel hymns, Curtis Mayfield's Amen. Mayfield's upbeat tune is transformed into a dreamlike reminiscence at the beginning of the piece, with a solo clarinet singing a wistful melody. Over the course of the piece, Mayfield's Amen gradually comes into focus as melodies are passed around the ensemble, until finally the key changes and a grandiose march-like beat emerges. The whole band plays the Amen together twice before the solo clarinet brings the music to a close.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Ron Gerhardstein, conductor) – 15 May 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- All Aboard the Hoodlebug. See: Ghost Town Triptych
- Buena Vista Furnace. See: Ghost Town Triptych
- December Lullaby (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Ghost Town Triptych (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- All Aboard the Hoodlebug (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Laurel Run (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Buena Vista Furnace (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Interstellar Tarantella (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Laurel Run. See: Ghost Town Triptych
- Mare Tranquillitatis (Octet) (Flex instrumentation) (2012/2020)
- Meditation on Amen (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Three Ostinatos (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Water Bear Jig (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- Aerodynamics (2010)
- Awakening (2023)
- Bennu's Fire
- Biomimicry (2019)
- Breathless (2023)
- December Lullaby (2017)
- December Lullaby (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Ghost Town Triptych (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- All Aboard the Hoodlebug (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Laurel Run (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Buena Vista Furnace (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Hydrostatics (2020)
- Interstellar Tarantella (2019)
- Interstellar Tarantella (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Lift-Off (2015)
- Little Jig (2017)
- Mare Tranquillitatis (2007/2012)
- Mare Tranquillitatis (Octet) (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012/2020)
- Mare Tranquillitatis (Saxophone octet) (2007/2012)
- Meditation on Amen (2018)
- Meditation on Amen (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Ocean of Undiscovered Truth (2019)
- Pastorale (2021)
- Tangents (2014)
- Three Ostinatos (2015)
- Three Ostinatos (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Water Bear Jig (2017)
- Water Bear Jig (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- We Choose to Go to the Moon (2020)
Resources
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- Perusal score
- Roger Zare website Accessed 14 July 2020