Reflections (McWeeney)

From Wind Repertory Project
Drew Michael McWeeney

Drew Michael McWeeney


General Info

Year: 2018
Duration: c. 10:45
Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unpublished
Cost: Score and Parts - Contact Drew Michael McWeeney


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Chimes
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Glockenspiel
  • Marimba
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-tam
  • Tom-tom


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

The piece is based upon a text of similar name by Lyle Jensen. The text, first appearing in 1987, has become a read for people who deal with real everyday experiences. The poems in the text are about what we, as humans, have dealt with from when we were children to now as adults. My piece is a somewhat harsh critique of what should be a smoother life cycle for everyone's life experiences. It is a piece filled with odd associations that represent crazy times, controlled anarchy, silliness, and seriousness.

The piece is bound by a constantly recurring melodic theme that pushes the entire piece forward. The musical styles in this piece touch upon major twentieth-century composers, although a favorite moment of my piece happens when the trumpets play a four-note fanfare that leads to the re-appearance of the recurring melodic theme. It conveys a change in how we think about what happened in our lives up to that point, whatever it may be, for anyone who wants to reflect on that.

I was struck by the memories, emotions and profundity of the Jensen text. After spending over three years of writing this piece, which happens to be my first ever major work submitted for my degree, I hope it has just a little bit of these in it too.

- Program Note by composer


Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • Drew Michael McWeeney, personal correspondence, January 2019
  • Official site Accessed 4 January 2019