Blue Streak, A

James Syler

James Syler

Subtitle: For Nine Winds and Jazz Drummer

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: V+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: James Syler
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00   |   Score Only (print) - $25.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone
Tuba
Drum Set

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This is high-energy music that exists between notation and improvisation, tonality and atonality, jazz and classical. Based on the expression “to talk a blue streak” as in a continuous stream of words, this one-movement work builds to a 12-tone fugue and a breakdown of communication. It features optional electronic trumpet and trombone by using a trumpet and trombone silent mute plugged into two guitar amps.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Provost's Faculty Showcase (Scott Lubaroff, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
• Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
• The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
• Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)

All Wind Works

• Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• A Blue Streak (2010)
• Cantique (2012)
• Congo Square (2016)
• Country Bandstand (2002)
• Fantasia on Brother James' Air (2023)
• Fantasia on "Silent Night" (2011)
• Fields (1994)
• Galop (as transcriber) (c. 1909/2013)
• Gearbox (2009)
• Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
• The Harmonious Blacksmith (as arranger) (1720/2020)
• Hocus Pocus (2013)
• The Hound of Heaven (1988)
• Hymn for Emmanuel (2015)
• Love Among the Ruins (2016)
• Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
• Minton's Playhouse (1994)
• O Magnum Mysterium (1996)
• The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
• Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Seasons (2022)
• Silent Shadows to the Last (2017)
• Sinfonietta (2012)
• Storyville (1996)
• Suite Argentine (2020)
• Suite Louisiane (2018)
• Symphony No. 1, “Blue” (1999)
• Symphony No. 2 (2019)
• Tattoo (2005)
• The Temptation of St. Anthony (2014)
• Wu Xing (2016)

Resources

• James Syler website Accessed 29 April 2023