Small Organisms
Subtitle: 3 Short Pieces for Adaptable Wind Instrumentation Grade 1-3.5
General Info
Year: 2006 / 2020
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: I-III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Christina Rusnak
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $39.00; (digital) - $30.00 | Score Only (print) - $19.00; (digital) - $10.00
Movements
1. Duet for Grade 1 – 1:05
2. Duet for Grade 2 – 1:05
3. Quartet for Grade 3 – 1:30
Instrumentation (Flexible)
No. 1: Duet for Grade 1 High and Low Middle
Part 1
- C Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
Part 2
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- Trombone
- Baritone
No. 2: Duet for Grade 2 High Middle and Low Middle
Part 1
- C Flute
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
Part 2
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trombone
- Baritone
No. 3: Quartet for Grade 3
Part 1
- C Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Soprano Saxophone
Part 2
- C Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet/Cornet Grade 3.5
Part 3
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Part 4
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
As a child, most of the works I encountered were either easy renditions from the Baroque and Classical era, or pieces created more for the purpose of exercising my fingers and technique than for their musical qualities. Compositionally, I wanted to create works that enabled students to understand nuance -- to learn the difference between playing the notes and playing music.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Alaudidae (Flex instrumentation) (1998/2020)
- The Coast in Winter (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
- Small Organisms (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- Hyas Tyee Təmwata (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
All Wind Works
- Alaudidae (Flex instrumentation) (1998/2020)
- Call for Justice (2021)
- The Coast in Winter (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- The Coast in Winter (2018)
- Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
- Hyas Tyee Təmwata (2018)
- Hyas Tyee Təmwata (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Passage (2019)
- Small Organisms (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
Resources
- Christina Rusnak website Accessed 1 August 2020
- Creative Repertoire Initiative