Bluebonnet Drift

Aaron Perrine

Subtitle: For Wind Orchestra and Electronics

General Info

Year: 2021
Duration: c. 7:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Longitude 91 Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (5 players), including:

Bass Drum
Hi-Hat
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Imagery is central to my writing process. Just thinking about a certain place can push the music I'm writing in one direction or another. While out for a run at the beginning stages of writing this piece, I found myself wondering what I might be seeing if I were in Texas rather than Minnesota. My mind instantly went to a sea of bluebonnets, which I associate with the timbre of low reeds, juxtaposed with the repetitive pulse of my shoes hitting the asphalt. I then made the decision to enhance the somewhat minimalist "running" music with a digitally models analog synthesizer -- in this case the ARP 2600. But I knew something was still missing. Adding processed tenor saxophone to the "bluebonnet" music was the last piece of the puzzle.

Many thanks to my longtime friend and collaborator Joel Vanderheyden for the beautiful playing!

- Program Note by composer

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Concert Band (Adam Wallace, conductor) - 25 April 2023
University of Kansas (Lawrence) Wind Ensemble (Emily Warren, conductor) - 11 April 2023
Wakeland High School (Frisco, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Tanner Smith, conductor) - 17 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic) *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 16 December 2021