Coast of Dreams
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 15:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Paul Dooley
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Rental | Score Only (print) - $70.00
Movements
1. Flowers of Our Lost Romance – 8:30
2. Velocity Festivals – 6:25
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III-IV
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
C or B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Harp (optional in 2nd movement)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Bass Drum (large)
- Cabasa
- Claves
- Crash Cymbal
- Finger Cymbal (large)
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Trapset
- Vibraphone
- Whip
- Woodblock (small)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Coast of Dreams (2014) for wind ensemble was commissioned by a consortium of wind ensembles organized by the State University of New York at Fredonia, Paula Holcomb, conductor. This 15-minute work, in two movements, is a musical tribute to early Los Angeles.
Inspiration came when I visited El Alisal, a rustic home built by Charles Lummis in the late 1800s, located in Arroyo Seco in Northeast Los Angeles. Loomis was a Los Angeles Times journalist, an Indian rights activist, a historian, photographer and all around Southern California guru. When at El Alisal, I discovered one of the first California lifestyle magazines, Land of Sunshine, published by Lummis beginning in the late 19th century. I began to hear a composition in two movements as an emotional, cultural and musical exploration of this romantic vision of Southern California.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Wind Ensemble (Kenneth Ozzello, conductor) – 18 February 2023 (CBDNA 2023 National Conference, Athens, Ga.)
- Allen (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Philip A. Obado, conductor) - 20 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
- University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Orchestra (Andrew Trachsel, conductor; Raquel Samayoa, trumpet) – 1 April 2022 (CBDNA 2022 Southwestern Conference, Waco, Tx.)
- University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Ensemble (Joseph Parisi, conductor) – 23 January 2019
- University of Illinois (Champaign) Wind Symphony (Jason Gardner, conductor) – 7 April 2018
- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Wind Symphony (Stephen Bolstad, conductor) – 4 April 2018
- Texas A&M University-Commerce Wind Ensemble (Phillip Clements, conductor) - 15 February 2018 (2018 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Symphony Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor; Bill Campbell, trumpet) – 2 February 2018
- Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) Wind Ensemble (Joseph Missal, conductor) – 17 March 2017 (CBDNA 2017 National Conference, Kansas City, Mo.)
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Symphony Band (Michael Hancock, conductor) – 29 February 2016
- California Band Directors Association All-State High School Symphonic Band (Gary Hill, conductor) - 14 February 2016 (2016 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
- Kennesaw State University (Georgia) Wind Ensemble (David Kehler, conductor; Brandon Austin, trumpet) – 16 September 2015
- State University of New York at Fredonia Wind Ensemble (Paula Holcomb, conductor) – 20 November 2014 – *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Boom Goes the Dynamite (2023)
- Canticles (2022)
- Circus Overture (as transcriber) (2015)
- Coast of Dreams (2014)
- Elytra (2022)
- Manifestos (2019)
- March Jubilee (2020/2022)
- Masks and Machines (2015)
- Masks and Machines (chamber instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Mavericks (2016)
- Meditation at Lagunitas (2014)
- Mondrian's Studio (2019)
- Point Blank (2010)
- Point Blank (Chamber instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Salt of the Earth (2012)
- The Spellbook (2019)
- Three Futurist Symphonies
- Velocity Festivals. See: Coast of Dreams
- Yellow Red Blue (2021)