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Fountains
General Info
Year: 2014 / 2017
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Derek M. Jenkins
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $20.00; (digital) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
F Horn
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion (I-II-III-IV), including:
- Bass Drum
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Kansas City and Rome are considered by many to be the cities of fountains. I have lived in Kansas City for many years, and I pass several fountains every day. For me, they stand as reminders that I need to slow down and relax more often. In his iconic Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome), composer Ottorino Respighi depicts the majestic fountains in Rome. Respighi’s music has had a profound effect on me as a composer, and as a small homage, snapshots and fragments reminiscent of his Fontane di Roma have been interspersed throughout my piece. This work takes Respighi’s Roman fountains and integrates them with the serenity I have experienced while viewing the Kansas City fountains. Essentially, Fountains merges two cities half a world apart.
The original version for string orchestra was commissioned by Steven D. Davis and the Youth Symphony of Kansas City for their performance at the 68th Annual Conference of The Midwest Clinic.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Pioneer League Middle School (Newton, Kan.) Honor Band (Adam Fontana, conductor) - 10 November 2018
- Arkansas State University (Jonesboro) Concert Band (Matthew Simpson, conductor) - 26 April 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Fountains (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- Kolo (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Solar Flare (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
All Wind Works
- Blue Marble: A Symphony for Wind Ensemble
- Boreas: The North Wind
- Eosphorus: The Morning Star
- Fountains (2014/2017)
- Fountains (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- in transit
- inertia
- into air, into thin air (2023)
- Kolo (2015)
- Kolo (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Rock Bottom (2020)
- Solar Flare (2018)
- Solar Flare (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Quintet for Winds No 1
- We Seven (2014)
Resources
- Derek M. Jenkins website Accessed 27 June 2020
- Perusal score