Starlight
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 6:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
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
Bass Trombone
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
I believe that music is the ultimate source of freedom and imagination and the most freedom I have had as a musician was through composing. Composition is like me opening my heart and showing the world my drive, my passion, and my soul.
When looking up in the sky, the stars are ever so freeing. Filled with wonder and filled with hope, they are the sketches of the universe. With this lyrical piece, a melody is brought and it evolves into something stellar. I've written many pieces about the sky, and this one has a different theme to it this time: what joys and wonders can a star and its light bring to a night sky. The opening clarinet is our first star, and from the opening motif begin to show up until the climax where the sky is at its brightest. After the climax the sky begins to settle in for the end of the night -- the stars begin to fade as the sun appears. This piece is an ode to the colors, the worries, and the joys of wonder. This is Starlight.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Angelo State University (San Angelo, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Jonathan Alvis, conductor) - 12 November 2023
- University of Kentucky (Lexington) Concert Band (John Cody Birdwell, conductor) - 28 February 2023
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Symphony Band (Caleb Hilliard, conductor) - 11 October 2022
- University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) Wind Orchestra (Isaac Brinberg, conductor) - 7 October 2022
- University of Texas (Austin) Symphony Band I (Clifton Croomes, conductor) - 6 October 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Nimbus (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Street Noise (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
All Wind Works
- Astra (2022/2023)
- At Peace (2023)
- AYO (2022)
- Backlash (2022)
- Beyond (2018)
- Bridges (2022)
- Canvases (2020)
- Celestia's Horizon (2020)
- Cerulea (2020)
- Cold (2018)
- Colors in the Sky (2018)
- DOPE (2022)
- Dragonfly (2019)
- Eureka (2020)
- Grosso Blue (2018)
- Halcyon Hearts (2021)
- Havens (2022)
- Haywire (2018)
- Heaven at Night
- Hurry (2018)
- Icarus (2019)
- In Living Color (2021)
- Infinity (2020)
- Invictus (2019)
- Iridessi (2023)
- Kaleidoscope Eyes (2022)
- Neon Nights (2022)
- Nimbus (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Nova (2019)
- Oblivion
- Pavane for 10 Winds (2021)
- Riptides (2020)
- Serenade (2019)
- Skyward (2022)
- Song for Ursa (2020)
- Spectra (2017)
- Starlight (2019)
- Street Noise (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Sunshine (2019)
- Unspoken (2020)
- Uptilt (2022)
- Victory (2020)
- Western Pines (2022)
- When Heaven Cries (2021)
- When the Dawn Is Still Dark (2023)
- Where the Sky Has No Stars (2020/2021)
- WildHeart (2019)
Resources
- Katahj Copley website Accessed 6 October 2021
- Perusal score