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Chroma Mosaic
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Two Composers
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $125.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Concert Toms (3: low, medium and high)
- Cowbells (2: medium and high)
- Glockenspiel
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Rainstick
- Ride Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal (medium)
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Blocks (2: medium and high)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Chroma Mosaic was commissioned by two middle school directors, Jesse Dochnahl (C.S. Porter Middle School, Missoula, Mont.) and Carrie Winkler (Sheboygan Falls Middle School, Sheboygan Falls, Wisc.) as part of the "Mission to Commission" project, funded by the Plum Creek Foundation and the Kohler Foundation, Inc. The Mission to Commission Project was a collaborative partnership that provided an educational opportunity for yearlong creativity, communication, and collaboration for two middle school band programs as students began writing their own music.
Students composed a melody for their own instrument, voted on the top melodies from their school, and submitted them to me. These melodies were to be the principal musical material for this composition, and so I studied them carefully, categorizing them according to style and mood. I interwove salient fragments from several of these melodies to compose a work in a dramatic and narrative style, moving through a variety of moods and textures such as a mysterious, dark bass line, a full chorale-like tutti, cascading downward scales, timid and hesitant figures, bold heroic statements, and finally concluding with a gentle lullaby.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Chroma Mosaic (2015)
- In Varietate Gaudium (2019)
- Shadja-maalika: Modal Illusions (2011)
Resources
- Asha Srinivasan website Accessed 23 March 2021
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 485.
- Miller, Alice. C.S. Porter students write song with Wisconsin peers, composer." Missoulian, 1 December 2016. Web. Accessed 23 March 2021
- Perusal score