Child Moon

Aaron Perrine

Subtitle: For Flute, Trumpet and Wind Ensemble

General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Longitude 91 Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $195.00 | Score Only (print) - $50.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo B-flat Trumpet
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Carriage Bolt Chimes
Crotales
Marimba
Tam-Tam
Tubular Bells
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Child Moon was commissioned in loving memory of Leslie Taulbee Waddell by her mother, Peggy Taulbee and the University of Dayton Department of Music. Leslie was a music education major and member of the University of Dayton Symphonic Wind Ensemble. From the composer:

The title and form of the piece are taken from a poem of the same title by Carl Sandberg. The poem is perfect as Peggy [Leslie's mom] shared a story about how Leslie's daughters used to think heaven was essentially the moon and they would talk to her every night.

The premiere took place on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at the Schuster Performing Arts Center in Dayton, Ohio, with the University of Dayton Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Patrick Reynolds, conductor.

- Program Note from West Chester University Wind Ensemble concert program, 27 September 2018

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Florida State University (Tallahassee) Wind Orchestra (Patrick Dunnigan, conductor) - 16 November 2022
The Ohio State University (Columbus) Wind Symphony (Russel C. Mikkelson, conductor) – 24 November 2019
West Virginia University (Morgantown) Wind Symphony (Scott C. Tobias, conductor) – 10 November 2019
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Shawn Vondran, conductor) – 3 May 2019
West Chester University (Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Yozviak, conductor) – 27 September 2018

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 26 December 2018
{https://aaronperrine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Child-Moon-Perusal-Score.pdf Perusal score]