True Things

Nathan Daughtrey

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General Info

Year: 2017
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Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

True Things (2017), originally a marimba and vibraphone duet written as a wedding gift for my friends Michael and Sara Wood, was inspired by the poem and beautiful watercolor print of the same title by StoryPeople creator Brian Andreas (www.storypeople.com). This poem poignantly captures the essence of two people starting their lives together and looking forward to what the future holds.

They came to sit and dangle their feet
off the edge of the world
And after awhile they forgot everything
but the good and true things they would do someday.

In 2009, a colleague and I performed the original duet version of the piece (titled Edge of the World) at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy. After the performance, Dennis Fisher, who was in attendance, suggested that it would work great as a symphonic band work. It has only taken me 8 years, but I finally got around to adapting it. It is dedicated to Dennis and his wonderful Symphonic Band at the University of North Texas, who performed the world premiere of one of my first works for band, Limerick Daydreams.

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State Ratings

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Performances

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University of North Texas (Denton) Symphonic Band (Dennis W. Fisher, conductor) – 19 September 2017 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Apollo's Chariot (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Appalachian Air (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2021)
Dark Matter (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
Downtown Dash (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
Such Small Things (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
Ye Merry Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

Apollo's Chariot (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Appalachian Air (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2021)
Black Rainbow (2014)
Blaze (2021)
Bounce (2015)
Chasing Infinity (2018)
Dark Matter (2016)
Dark Matter (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
Downtown Dash (2009)
Downtown Dash (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
Ellipsis (2010)
Fidget (2015)
From the Ashes (2017)
Gate City Snapshot (2012)
Imagining World (2010)
Immortal Dream (2006)
Irish Washerwoman (2006)
Legend of the Sword (Daughtrey) (2007)
Limerick Daydreams (2006)
Mercury Rising (2005)
Point of Reckoning (as arranger) (2015)
Power Struggle (2009)
Sensus Vitae (2013)
Shine On! (2017)
Silent Canyons (2014)
Silver Moon (2007)
Spiraling Light (2016)
StarCatchers (2016)
Such Small Things (2017)
Such Small Things (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
Through the Horizon (2007)
True Things (2017)
Twitch (2016)
Water Spirits (2019)
Ye Merry Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

Resources

Nathan Daughtrey website Accessed 18 September 2017