Among the Aspens
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Longitude 91 Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
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
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion (5 players), including:
- Carriage Bolt Chimes
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
I love trees and have been surrounded by them most of my life. Capturing their essence is an impossible task, and yet one that permeates my mind on an almost daily basis.
Given this, it is perhaps not a surprise to learn this passion has extended beyond music to photography: specifically nature photography. While planning a recent trip to Colorado, I realized my visit would coincide with the annual fall foliage. Upon arrival, I was mesmerized by the golden beauty of the aspens sprinkled throughout the evergreens. Many photos were taken, and musical ideas connected to these images began to develop. The title of this work also emerged rather quickly. Coincidentally, I later discovered famous nature photography Thomas Mangelsen's stunning image of the same name: Among the Aspens.
- Program Note by composer
Among the Aspens was commissioned by the South Dakota Phi Beta Mu Chapter in celebration of their 60th anniversary.
- Program Note by composer
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Alexander Kaminsky, conductor) - 21 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
- South Dakota All-State Clark Band (Brookings) (Aaron Perrine, conductor) - 26 March 2022 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Life Painting (Adaptable Band) (2019/2020)
- Tears of St. Lawrence (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
All Wind Works
- All the Things I'm Not (2019)
- Among the Aspens (2022)
- And Sings the Tune Without the Words (2020)
- April (2008)
- Beneath a Canvas of Green (2012/2018)
- Bluebonnet Drift (2021)
- Child Moon (2017)
- Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble (2018)
- A Dream of Trees (2019)
- Drifting (2022)
- Fever Flash
- Floral Larceny (2018)
- Forever Radiant (2019)
- A Glimpse of the Eternal (2016)
- I was Just Looking at the World (2011)
- In the Open Air, in the Silent Lines (2018)
- In This Moment (2001/2011)
- Inner Sanctum (2010)
- Iris (2016)
- It Has to Be Beautiful (2018)
- Life Painting (2019)
- Life Painting (Adaptable Band) (2019/2020)
- The Long Light After Time (2022)
- Move
- Only Light (2014)
- Pale Blue on Deep (2011)
- Snap
- Shimmer
- Stained with Light
- Tears of St Lawrence (2014)
- Tears of St. Lawrence (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
- Temperance (2016)
- ...to the wind (2014)
- Traces of Amber Sky (2018)
- Vignettes of Mount Vernon (2022)
Resources
- Aaron Perrine website Accessed 26 March 2022