Seven Islands
This work is the second movement of Trentadue's "The Grand Ledge Triptych."
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General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $70.00 | Score Only (digital) - $45.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Harp (optional)
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Ocean Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
There are seven islands located in the town of Grand Ledge, Michigan. Three of them are quite small, not large enough for exploration. The last island (now named Half-Mile Island) once served as a picnic area for boaters. And the first two islands would become the town's most popular resort areas in its early history.
Throughout the late 1800s to early 1900s, settlers built resorts and amusement-park attractions to capitalize on the natural wonders of this place. While such eccentricities would gradually wane out by the 1930s, remnants of these popular entertainments can be found to an extent. Today, riverboats still make their journey along the Grand River. Annual festivals and other events are held. And, a popular gazebo was built on the now-named Island Park.
Seven Islands is a lush ballad which depicts the natural beauty and wonder of this historical place in Grand Ledge at sunrise. Melodies are accompanied with sweeping harmonic motion as well as shimmering and twinkling figures, bridged together by passages depicting the stillness of the Grand River. The history of this place is acknowledged in the grand and majestic build (and resolution) of this music, demonstrating that the Seven Islands has so much more to offer in Grand Ledge today.
- Program Note by composer
Awards
- ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, 2022, Finalist.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Media
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Youth Wind Ensemble of Westchester (N.Y.) - Senior Winds (Bradley Morrison, conductor) - 22 December 2022
- Grand Ledge (Mich.) High School Wind Symphony (David Funk, conductor) - 28 January 2022 (2022 Michigan Music Conference, Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Grand Ledge (Mich.) High School Wind Symphony (David Funk, conductor) - 19 January 2022
- Grand Ledge (Mich.) High School Wind Symphony (John Szczerowski, conductor) - 2 December 2021 *Premiere Performance
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Anthem for All (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2023)
- Comets Ablaze! (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2022)
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2020)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2021)
- The Golden Pier (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- The Great River Rapid Chase (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Kaleidoscopic Dances (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2021)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2022)
- Meditation and Hymn to Nature (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Mt. Wrightson March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2019/2023)
- O rose of May (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Raindrops in an endless sea of stars (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Seven Islands (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2022)
- Splendid Ridges (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2022)
- The Straits of Mackinac (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- To Right Our Wrongs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
All Wind Works
- Anthem for All (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2023)
- Anthem for All (2020)
- Anthem for Doomed Youth (2018)
- Aurora (as arranger) (2021/2023)
- Autumn Verses (as arranger) (2023)
- Celestial Voyage (2015)
- Comets Ablaze! See: The Grand Ledge Triptych
- Concerto for Double Bass and Chamber Ensemble (2018)
- Crystal Oscillation (2022)
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2020)
- Ecstatic Samba (as arranger) (2017/2022)
- Electric City (as arranger) (2019/2022)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- enter data sequence (as arranger) (2022)
- The Essence of Being (as arranger) (2021/2022)
- Flightless Bird (as arranger) (2021/2022)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (tr. Collins) (2016/2020)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2021)
- The Golden Pier. See: The Michigan Triptych
- The Great River Rapid Chase. See: The Michigan Triptych
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Hilltop Run (2022)
- Kaleidoscopic Dances (2020)
- Kaleidoscopic Dances (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2021)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2022)
- Meditation and Hymn to Nature (2021/2023)
- Meditation and Hymn to Nature (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- The Grand Ledge Triptych
- Splendid Ridges (2020)
- Splendid Ridges (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2022)
- Seven Islands (2020)
- Seven Islands (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2022)
- Comets Ablaze! (2020)
- Comets Ablaze! (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2022)
- The Michigan Triptych
- The Great River Rapid Chase (2018)
- The Great River Rapid Chase (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- The Golden Pier (2019)
- The Golden Pier (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- The Straits of Mackinac (2017)
- The Straits of Mackinac (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Midnight Skyline (2019). See also: Of Day and Night
- Mt. Wrightson March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2019/2023)
- O rose of May (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Nature's Light (2019)
- Pumpkin Madness (2023)
- Raindrops in an endless sea of stars (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Seven Islands. See: The Grand Ledge Triptych
- Solace in the Wind (as arranger) (2020/2023)
- Splendid Ridges. See: The Grand Ledge Triptych
- The Straits of Mackinac. See: The Michigan Triptych
- Summertime Echoes (2019)
- Symphony No. 2. See: Pumpkin Madness
- Tango Oscuro (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- Tombstone Galop (as arranger) (2021/2022)
- The Undiscovered Country (2018)
- Volcanic Interruptions (as arranger) (2021/2022)
- A Wild Christmas Nightcap (2020)
- with hope and resilience (2022/2023)