Ash
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 6:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: (Digital) Jennifer Jolley; (Physical) Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Percussion I-II, including:
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
I never saw snowfall as a child growing up in Southern California; it was more a phenomenon that I saw in cartoons or read in children’s books.
I did, however, witness my first ash-fall when I was in elementary school. I looked up into the clouded sky and saw specks of ash falling from it. Excited but puzzled, I looked to my elementary school teacher during recess and held out my hand. “Oh, that’s ash from the wildfires,” she said. At that time, I couldn’t comprehend how an enormous forest fire could create a small flurry of ash-flakes.
Now I have the ominous understanding that something so magical and beautiful comes from something so powerful and destructive.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Delaware Valley Wind Symphony (Patricia Cornett, conductor)
- Audio CD: Texas Women's University Wind Symphony (Carter Biggers, conductor)
- Video: Reference recording and score
State Ratings
- Maryland: IV
- Texas: IV
- MusicFest Canada: B400
Performances
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- Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) Symphonic Band (Cooper Haywood, conductor) - 7 March 2024
- Appalachian State University Symphony Band (Boone, NC) (Jason Gardner, conductor) - 20 February 2024
- Wilfrid Laurier Wind Orchestra (Waterloo, Ontario) (LaToya A. Webb, conductor) - 6 February 2024
- Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH) (conductor unknown) - Music Plus program - 29 November 2023
- University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Symphony Band (Milwaukee, WA) (Scott Corley, conductor) - 18 November 2023
- University of Texas at Rio Grand Valley Symphonic Winds (Edinburg, TX) (Saul Torres, conductor) - 10 October 2023
- Utah Valley University Wind Symphony (Orem, UT) (Donald Miller) - 4 October 2023
- University of Central Arkansas Symphonic Band (Conway, AR) (Derek Stoughton, conductor) - 28 September 2023
- Stadtkapelle Adelsheim (Adelsheim, Germany) (conductor unknown) - 22 July 2023
- University of Washington Symphonic Band (Seattle, WA) (Anita Kumar, conductor) - 27 April 2023
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) Gold Campus Band (Seth Davis, conductor) - 20 April 2023
- Illinois State University Wind Ensemble (Normal, IL) (Anthony Marinello, conductor) - 5 April 2023
- Morningside University (Sioux City, IA) Wind Ensemble (Martin I. Gaines, conductor) - 2 April 2023
- Notre Dame College Wind Ensemble (South Euclid, OH) (Michael Krueger, conductor) - 25 February 2023
- Maryland Band Directors Band (Rockville, MD) (Christian Folk, conductor) - 23 February 2023
- Ithaca (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble (Rebekah Daniel, conductor) - 4 February 2023
- Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) Wind Ensemble (Joseph Higgins, conductor) - 12 December 2022
- Fresno (Calif.) Pacific University Symphonic Band (Erik Kar Jun Leung, conductor) - 17 November 2018 (Seattle, WA) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Ash (Adaptable Band) (arr. Dunnigan) (2018/2020)
- Last Stage to Red Rock (Adaptable Band) (2016/2020)
- Lichtweg/Lightway (Adaptable Band) (arr. Bove) (2017/2020)
- Neoncore (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Neoncore. See also: Suite Treats
- Son of a Gun (Adaptable Band) (2019)
- Sounds from the Grey Goo Sars CoV-2 (Adaptable Band) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Ash (2018)
- Ash (Adaptable Band) (arr. Dunnigan) (2018/2020)
- Blue Glacier Decoy (2018)
- Dust (2023)
- Emoticons (2008)
- The Eyes of the World Are Upon You (2017)
- Last Stage to Red Rock (2016)
- Last Stage to Red Rock (Adaptable Band) (2016/2020)
- Lichtweg/Lightway (2017)
- Lichtweg/Lightway (Adaptable Band) (arr. Bove) (2017/2020)
- MARCH! (2021)
- Motordom (2009)
- Neoncore (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Neoncore. See also: Suite Treats
- Never Forget, Never Remember (2017)
- Questions to Heaven (2021)
- Son of a Gun (2019)
- Sounds from the Grey Goo Sars CoV-2 (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Think About It (2019)
- Through the Looking Glass Falls (2014)
- The Walkup (2018)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 370.
- Jennifer Jolley website Accessed 29 December 2018
- Perusal score