Cold Lights
(for symphonic wind band and video)
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Benjamin Taylor Music
Cost: Score and Parts (pdf) - $190.00 | Score Only (hard copy) - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
Clarinet in Bb I-II-III
Bass Clarinet in Bb
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet in Bb I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani (requires suspended cymbal and bow)
Percussion I-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Earthplate (or other Suspended Metal Plate)
- Glockenspiel
- Large Tam-Tam or Gong
- Low Tom-Tom
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Splash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes, metal
- (note all percussion parts require a bow - minimum of eight bows required)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
At a depth of 3281 feet, with 5850 lbs of pressure, where no sunlight can penetrate, live an extraordinary variety of bioluminescent sea creatures (meaning that they generate their own light). Scientists refer to this region of the ocean as the Midnight Zone. The average water temperature hovers just above freezing; a chilling 35 degrees Fahrenheit. Yet despite these seemingly inhospitable conditions, many creatures thrive in this unique environment. Using music and video, this composition explores this mysterious, eerie, yet fascinating world beneath the sea.
I express sincere thanks to Catherine Chi who worked on the video with me, and to Alan Conrad and the Lebanon Indiana High School Band for commissioning this work.
- Program Note by Composer
Commissioned by Lebanon High School - Alan Conrad, conductor
- Program Note from Score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Earth Resonance (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Electric Breakdance (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Intermountain Underground (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Legos Emit Gnarly Overtones (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Pandemic Pandemonium (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Snitchin' in the Kitchen (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Techno Blade (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
All Wind Works
- And May We Always Cherish (2020)
- Aurum Tetra (2017/2022)
- Cold Lights (2015)
- Earth Resonance (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Electric Breakdance (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Epic Bacon Funk (2015)
- Flicker in Time, A (2014)
- Hope Within, The (2016)
- Intermountain Underground (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Into the Mist (2013)
- Leaving White (2012)
- Legos Emit Gnarly Overtones (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Motorcycle Time (2015)
- Scooter Time (2015)
- Seeds of Glass (2016)
- Shattering Infinity (2014)
- Snitchin' in the Kitchen (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Techno Blade (2018)
- Techno Blade (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Trailing Clouds of Glory (2013)
- Whiz-Bang (2011)