Bright Shadow Fanfare

Nicole Piunno

General Info

Year: 2021
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Brass band
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $175.00 | Score Only (print) - $40.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet (optional)
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-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba (div.)
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal (medium or large)
Tambourine
Tam-tam

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The intense contrast in Bright Shadow Fanfare refers to two possible meanings. It could mean bringing our darkness into the light in order to integrate it with our true self. It could also mean revealing our positive traits and gifts that we may not allow ourselves to show or give to others.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Indiana University Concert Band (Jason Nam, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) Wind Ensemble (Travis J. Cross, conductor) – 17 March 2023
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Honor Band (Tulsa) (Andrea Brown, conductor) - 19 January 2023
Ithaca (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble (Rebekah Daniel, conductor) - 17 November 2022
Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Jason S. Nam, conductor) – 8 November 2022
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Shawn Vondran, conductor) - 23 October 2022
Michigan State University (East Lansing) Symphony Band (David Thornton, conductor) - 27 September 2022
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (Betsy McCann, conductor) - 18 April 2022
Nevada All-State Band (Reno (Gary Brown, conductor) - 9 April 2022 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)

All Wind Works

Articulate March (2016)
At a Crossroads (2022)
Autumn Air (2016)
Be Still and Still Moving (2020)
Beauty Broken (2015)
Blue Radiance (2020)
Bright Shadow Fanfare (2021)
Catharsis (2020)
Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (2018)
Dance the Joy Alive (2016)
Eternity in an Hour (2016)
I Will Lament and Love (2018)
Image on Truth (2019)
Letters from the Traveling Doll (2021)
Look Not Upon Us (2011)
Monterey Sketches
Night Watches (2020)
On a Hill Far Away
Postcard from Sequoia (2019)
Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
Resound (2021)
Safely Rest (2020)
Shifting Shadows
Solace Dance (2016)
Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
The Spirit Is Willing (2023)
Spring Fanfare (2016)
Sunflower Studies (2023)
Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Through Wind and Whispers (2014)
Where Words Cannot Go (2020)
Woven
You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)

Resources

Nicole Piunno website Accessed 22 December 2021
Perusal score