Portrait in Jade

Ryan George

General Info

Year: 2016
Duration: c. 8:35
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Fornine Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $155.00 | Score Only (print) - $40.00

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Chimes
China Cymbals (medium)
Crash Cymbals
Crotales
Floor Tom
Glockenspiel
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Temple Blocks
Triangle
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Portrait in Jade is an exuberant eight-minute work written for the Wan Quan School in Beijing, China. The simple, lyrical melody of the school's song is fragmented and reset into a series of short, connected variations that ultimately come together in a majestic conclusion.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Gonzaga University (Spokane, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Peter J. Hamlin, conductor) - 4 December 2021
Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Concert Band (Joel Pagán, conductor) - 9 May 2021
Austin (Tx.) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) – 31 March 2019
West Chester University (Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Armon Raygani, conductor) – 31 March 2019
Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony (Ryan Scherber, conductor) – 4 March 2019
University of Oklahoma (Norman) Symphony Band (Michael E. Hancock, conductor) – 1 October 2018
University of Kentucky (Lexington) Wind Symphony (John Cody Birdwell, conductor) - 16 September 2018
Arkansas Tech University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Daniel A. Belongia, conductor) - 29 April 2018
Texas All-State Concert Band (Gary Green, conductor) - 17 February 2018 (2018 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
All-Northwest Concert Band - 17 February 2019 (2019 NAfME-All Northwest Conference, Portland)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Autobahn (Flex instrumentation) (2008/2020)
Café 512 (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
Jinx (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)

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