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Tapestries
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 6:05
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Haley Woodrow
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $79.00 | Score Only (digital) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Agogo Bells
- Bass Drum
- Cajon box (or Goblet Drum or Tom-Tom)
- Castanets
- Conga
- Djembe
- Finger Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Shekere (or Cabasa)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Players clapping
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Tapestries was written in 2018 for a consortium of programs. The wide range of musical exposure we have immediate access to in our world today is a powerful resource allowing us to learn from each other, broadening our understanding of our differences. In my own life, I have had the pleasure of working with musicians from a wide range of nationalities, and know that performing music can be a wonderful way to create unity. This work is therefore dedicated to the blending of different cultures, both in the music and undoubtedly with the performers themselves.
The work is a high energy piece that includes influences from klezmer, Spanish and African music, as well as contemporary symphonic band literature.
I previously titled the work Melting Pot, under which name it won the 2018 VLAMO [The Flemish Association of Music Bands and Musicians] International Composition Contest. However, after much consideration, I have changed the title to Tapestries for the full work, and Tapestry for the shorter adaptable work. I feel the imagery of many distinct colors actively coming together to mark larger, more vivid, pictures fits the message of the piece well, in addition to the music itself without any negative connotation. Thank you all for your evolving use of language to create a healthier educational environment and society as a whole!
- Program Note by composer
Awards
- VLAMO International Composition Contest, 2018, winner (as Melting Pot)
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Traverse City West (Mich.) Senior High Wind Ensemble (Chad S. Mielens, conductor) - 20 January 2023
- University of Missouri (Columbia) University Band (Faith Hall, conductor) - 15 November 2022
- Texas State University (San Marcos) Concert Band (Caroline Beatty, conductor) - 1 May 2022
- Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti) Symphonic Band (J. Nick Smith, conductor) - 21 November 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Fanfare and Song (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Maoz Tzur (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- March of the Shadows (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- A New Day (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Shoeless Baby (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Tapestry (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Up on the Housetop (Flex Instrumentation) (as arranger) (1864/2020)
All Wind Works
- And It Begins (2018)
- Beat
- Blue Mist
- Desert Visions
- End Times (2016)
- Fanfare and Song (2018)
- Fanfare and Song (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- HIM
- In Two Places (2016)
- Maoz Tzur (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- March of the Shadows (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Melting Pot. See: Tapestries
- Mission Songs (2022)
- A New Day (2018)
- A New Day (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Skywalking
- Tapestry (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Tapestries (2018)
- Up on the Housetop (Flex Instrumentation) (as arranger) (1864/2020)
Resources
- Haley Woodrow website Accessed 7 April 2021
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 517-518.
- Perusal score