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Sky Searching Within Itself, The
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration: c. 10:05
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Masonian Publications, through NYC Music Services
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Rental | Score Only (print) - $55.99
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
Contra-Bassoon
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-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal (large)
- Tam-Tam
- Triangles (4)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
What is loss? And how do we deal with it? And when we look up at the sky to contemplate these feelings, what are we searching for? Or do we allow the sky to search itself for the deeper meaning and reveal itself to us?
The Sky Searching Within Itself is a piece that asks these questions and meditates on the journey to find the answers. In the form of ‘rhapsody-ballad’, the composition begins as though it is lost in thought, and throughout weaves its way through a range of different emotions, from the depressing to the somewhat hopeful and accepting.
The work was commissioned by KMFA 89.5 [radio in Austin, Tx.] in memory of Draylen Mason (whom my yearlong residency with the radio station was named after) and dedicated with gratitude to Prof. Jerry Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble.
- Program Note by composer
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Texas (Austin) Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 9 October 2022 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Across a Golden Sky (2019). See also: Of Day and Night
- At Evening (2022)
- August Morn (2016-2017)
- Changes/Transitions (2020)
- Dallas Arts District Fanfare (2016)
- Faster (2016/2017)
- Journeys III
- A Joyous Trilogy (2019/2022)
- Scéne de Notre Dame (2022)
- The Sky Searching Within Itself (2022)
- Soul to Soul (2017/2019)
- Symphony No. 4 (2020)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Quinn Mason website Accessed 8 October 2022