Cosmic Expedition
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 2:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00; (digital) - $95.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
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
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Cosmic Expedition takes performers on a musical journey far across the galaxy via three main sections. The first, a rather celebratory and triumphant fanfare in Bb Major, begins with a sound-screen created by the upper woodwinds and percussion. Against this, horns and saxophones present the main theme. The mood of the second section is more serious and stern, a new melody in G minor, with woodwinds and mallets dancing above this new melody. The third section introduces another theme, this haunting melody in C minor. This last section is in stark contrast with everything that precedes it. A short recapitulation and coda bring this exciting journey to a resounding conclusion.
Cosmic Expedition was named to the American Band College — BandWorld - WIBC top 100 new works for 2018.
- Program Note from The Woodlands Concert Band concert program, 20 December 2018
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- South Oldham High School (Crestwood, Ky.) Concert Band (Ryan McAllister, conductor) – 19 November 2019
- The Woodlands (Tex.) Concert Band (Richard C. Crain, conductor) - 20 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Berceuse (as arranger) (c. 1896/2021)
- Big, Bad and Blue (2022)
- Canyon Exclamations (2018)
- Cosmic Expedition (2018)
- Expedition (2016)
- Next Generation Fanfare (2017/2019)
- Tribute for Band (as arranger) (2017)
- Volksleider
- Our Motto
- Purple Mountain Heather (2019)
- Seconds (2020)
- Sunbeam Dances (2019)
Resources
- Michael J. Miller website Accessed 15 December 2018
- Perusal score