Cold
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $90.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Contrabassoon
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, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Glockenspiel
- Triangles (3: small, medium and large)
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This piece is dedicated to my grandfather. The day he died is a day I will never forget. I was in the same room of my grandfather the night he passed away, and for me not only was the room painfully cold but my spirit was as well; I didn't know exactly how to feel at that moment or what to even say. Eventually I figured out that while my words couldn't tell those emotions, my music could. The piece, like its title, suggests cold and emotional playing, not only from the soloists but from the ensemble as a whole.
Using metallic percussion to begin, this piece reflects my feelings that moment: confusion, anger, and sadness.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- State University of New York, Potsdam, Crane Wind Ensemble (Brian K. Doyle, conductor) - 18 October 2023
- University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Concert Band (Anthony Morris, conductor) - 22 March 2023
- University of San Diego (Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Jeffrey Malecki, conductor) - 6 November 2022
- The Composers of Color Initiative – 2020 (virtual)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Nimbus (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Street Noise (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
All Wind Works
- Astra (2022/2023)
- At Peace (2023)
- AYO (2022)
- Backlash (2022)
- Beyond (2018)
- Bridges (2022)
- Canvases (2020)
- Celestia's Horizon (2020)
- Cerulea (2020)
- Cold (2018)
- Colors in the Sky (2018)
- DOPE (2022)
- Dragonfly (2019)
- Eureka (2020)
- Grosso Blue (2018)
- Halcyon Hearts (2021)
- Havens (2022)
- Haywire (2018)
- Heaven at Night
- Hurry (2018)
- Icarus (2019)
- In Living Color (2021)
- Infinity (2020)
- Invictus (2019)
- Iridessi (2023)
- Kaleidoscope Eyes (2022)
- Neon Nights (2022)
- Nimbus (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Nova (2019)
- Oblivion
- Pavane for 10 Winds (2021)
- Riptides (2020)
- Serenade (2019)
- Skyward (2022)
- Song for Ursa (2020)
- Spectra (2017)
- Starlight (2019)
- Street Noise (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Sunshine (2019)
- Unspoken (2020)
- Uptilt (2022)
- Victory (2020)
- Western Pines (2022)
- When Heaven Cries (2021)
- When the Dawn Is Still Dark (2023)
- Where the Sky Has No Stars (2020/2021)
- WildHeart (2019)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 301.
- Katahj Copley website Accessed 12 January 2021
- Perusal score