Ash

From Wind Repertory Project
Jennifer Jolley (photo: Liz Glenn)

Jennifer Jolley


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


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


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Resources

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