Comets Ablaze!
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This work is the third movement of Trentadue's "The Grand Ledge Triptych."
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General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: II+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $60.00 | Score Only (digital) - $35.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drums (small and large)
- Bongos (2)
- Brake Drum
- Chimes
- China Cymbal
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Ocean Drum
- Snare Drum
- Splash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tambourine
- Tom-Toms (4)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Whip
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Grand Ledge, Michigan, offers several innovations that has changed the course of the town's history over time. In the 19th century, it was the second city in Michigan to have electricity. The Trestle Bridge was built to expand the local and economic potential of the community to neighboring cities. Dams were constructed to create more open hospitality for wandering travelers. Popular entertainment such as the Seven Islands Resort, the Opera House, and the Playhouse Theater would generate a significant amount of tourism. And, the town for a time would become defined by one of its more well-known industries, clay and furniture manufacturing.
In the present day, Grand Ledge offers a wide and unique variety of entertainment through its annual festivals, fairs, and longstanding commitment to fine arts. Community-based activities occur annually, and quite often, to benefit the whole town. Students of the town's public schools define themselves on their integrity and determination to give their all. Many have gone on to become sports players, professional musicians, teachers, local and state government officials, scientists, journalists, and artists. Some have even gone on to become composers.
Comets Ablaze! is a fiery and joyful celebration of the historical innovations and community comprising the town of Grand Ledge. It is an acknowledgement of the town's past, present, and future. It is a youthful and spirited piece driven by its self-relentless determination to inspire. And, it is a commemoration of the next generation of students (their school's mascot, the Comets) setting forth, innovating and changing the whole world one day at a time.
- Program Note by composer
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Media
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Blue Lake (Mich.) Fine Arts Camp Vander Linde Band (Tavia Zerman, conductor) - 2 July 2023
- Sherwood (Ohio) High School Bowmen Band (Brant Stai, conductor) - 5 April 2023
- St. Charles (Illinois) East High School Symphonic Band (Brett T. Dean, conductor) - 3 May 2022
- Grand Ledge (Mich.) High School Wind Symphony (Tavia Zerman, conductor) - 28 January 2022 (2022 Michigan Music Conference, Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Grand Ledge (Mich.) High School Wind Symphony (Tavia Zerman, conductor) - 19 January 2022 *Premiere Performance
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Comets Ablaze! (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2020)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (adaptable ensemble) (2016/2021)
- The Golden Pier (adaptable ensemble) (2019/2020)
- The Great River Rapid Chase (adaptable ensemble) (2018/2020)
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Kaleidoscopic Dances (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2021)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2022)
- Meditation and Hymn to Nature (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Mt. Wrightson March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2019/2023)
- O rose of May (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Raindrops in an endless sea of stars (adaptable ensemble) (2020)
- Seven Islands (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- Splendid Ridges (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- The Straits of Mackinac (adaptable ensemble) (2017/2020)
- To Right Our Wrongs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
All Wind Works
- Anthem for Doomed Youth (2018)
- Aurora (as arranger) (2021/2023)
- Celestial Voyage (2015)
- Comets Ablaze! See: The Grand Ledge Triptych
- Concerto for Double Bass and Chamber Ensemble (2018)
- Crystal Oscillation (2022)
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2020)
- Ecstatic Samba (as arranger) (2017/2022)
- Electric City (as arranger) (2019/2022)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- enter data sequence (as arranger) (2022)
- The Essence of Being (as arranger) (2021/2022)
- Flightless Bird (as arranger) (2021/2022)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (tr. Collins) (2016/2020)
- The Floodgates of the Sky (adaptable ensemble) (2016/2021)
- The Golden Pier. See: The Michigan Triptych
- The Great River Rapid Chase. See: The Michigan Triptych
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Hilltop Run (2022)
- Kaleidoscopic Dances (2020)
- Kaleidoscopic Dances (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2021)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2022)
- Meditation and Hymn to Nature (2021/2023)
- Meditation and Hymn to Nature (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- The Grand Ledge Triptych
- Splendid Ridges (2020)
- Splendid Ridges (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- Seven Islands (2020)
- Seven Islands (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- Comets Ablaze! (2020)
- Comets Ablaze! (adaptable ensemble) (2020/2022)
- The Michigan Triptych
- The Great River Rapid Chase (2018)
- The Great River Rapid Chase (adaptable ensemble) (2018/2020)
- The Golden Pier (2019)
- The Golden Pier (adaptable ensemble) (2019/2020)
- The Straits of Mackinac (2017)
- The Straits of Mackinac (adaptable ensemble) (2017/2020)
- Midnight Skyline (2019). See also: Of Day and Night
- Mt. Wrightson March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2019/2023)
- O rose of May (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018/2020)
- Nature's Light (2019)
- Pumpkin Madness (2023)
- Raindrops in an endless sea of stars (adaptable ensemble) (2020)
- Seven Islands. See: The Grand Ledge Triptych
- Solace in the Wind (as arranger) (2020/2023)
- Splendid Ridges. See: The Grand Ledge Triptych
- The Straits of Mackinac. See: The Michigan Triptych
- Summertime Echoes (2019)
- Symphony No. 2. See: Pumpkin Madness
- Tango Oscuro (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- Tombstone Galop (as arranger) (2021/2022)
- The Undiscovered Country (2018)
- Volcanic Interruptions (as arranger) (2021/2022)
- A Wild Christmas Nightcap (2020)
- with hope and resilience (2022/2023)