Star Gazing
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $16.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Alto Saxophone
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Chimes
- Crotales (optional but desired)
- Finger Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Star Gazing is a thoughtful, interactive work written with a young soloist and wind ensemble in mind. This work departs from typical grade III music with its subtly bitonal harmonic base, its emphasis on individual lines, and its unique use of color and orchestration. The title is suggestive to as if one were gazing up in the sky and letting themselves go in a daze of soothing and nostalgic thoughts.
This work, originally written for Piano, was written for Melanie Brooks and the Concerto for Young Soloist Project. It is dedicated to my first music teacher, Mary Beth Purchase.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Texas (Austin) Symphony Band (Clifton Croomes, conductor) – 28 March 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
- À la Machaut (2015)
- Ancestral Rumors (2019)
- Blood Moon Ablaze (2018)
- Hero (2019)
- In Adventu Finalem (2017)
- Millennial Inception
- Moments of Silence (2016)
- Sound Asleep (2017)
- Star Gazing (2017)
- Tetelestai (2014)
- Toward the Hour Arises New Light (2018)
- Until Morning Come (2018)
Resources
- Boss Music Studios Accessed 27 March 2022
- Perusal score