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Extinction
Contents
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 7:55
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Christopher Biggs Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV-V
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
Piano
Percussion I–II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes, metal
- China Cymbals
- Finger Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Log Drums (2)
- Marimba
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Tenor Drum
- Tom-Tom (4)
- Triangle
- Wood Block, high and low
Computer
Audio Technician
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Mass extinction events have always been a feature of life on our planet. Periodically some environmental factor changes, either slowly or immediately, and the landscape of biodiversity on the planet is altered forever. Currently life on earth is undergoing or approaching another mass extinction event.
- Program Note by publisher
Written for the Western Michigan University Wind Ensemble
- Program Note from score
There are approximately 180 fixed media files that are triggered with MIDI or keyboard input. The fixed media triggering method and cue system were developed by Samuel Wells and Christopher Biggs as part of a set Javascript utilities developed for Max 7.
- Production Note from score
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) Symphonic Band (David Montgomery, conductor) – 27 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 North Central Division Conference, Ames, Iowa)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Extinction (2015)
- Object Metamorphosis (2010)
- Object Metamorphosis II (2010)
Resources
- Christopher Biggs website Accessed 2 September 2018
- Perusal score
