Traffic Jam

Timothy Loest

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 1:30
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Bulb Horn
Drum Set (optional)
Hi-Hat
Police Whistle
Ride Cymbal
Snare Drum
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Experience "rush-hour rock" like you've never experienced before! This easy-grooving, well-crafted original derives its automotive charm from the various car horn effects played throughout. Various novelty percussion instruments such as the police whistle and bulb horn will car pool your audience from the concert hall to the expressway. A charming piece that will put a smile on everyone's face, even if they get stuck in traffic on the way home from the concert!

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony (Brian Covey, conductor) - 2008

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep (Chicago, Ill) Beginning Orchestra – 23 May 2018
Lockport Township (Ill.) High School Wind Symphony (Brian Covey, conductor) – 19 December 2008 (2008 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Chorale and Mystic Chant (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
Voyage of the Dragon Armada (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)

All Wind Works

The Big Mambo (2015)
Chorale and Mystic Chant (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
Cloud Gate
Count Rockula (2009)
Friends of Freedom (2006)
The Greatest Gift (2017)
Mad Dash (2016)
Pirates of the Barbary Coast (2009)
Sea Shanty Variations (2013)
Song of the Blacksmith, The (as arranger)
Spyscape
Starry Night (2015)
Teleportation (2016)
To Sail Beyond the Stars
Traffic Jam (2008)
Voyage of the Dragon Armada (2017)
Voyage of the Dragon Armada (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
The Wobbly Unicycle

Resources

Perusal score
Timothy Loest website Accessed 19 July 2021