Grand Processional of our Reptilian Overlords, The
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 1:45
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV (optional), including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Finger Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Ratchet
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam, large
- Triangle
- Vibra-slap
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
“How did this happen?” “Where did they come from?” “Why are they here?” “And what is to become of us?” These are the questions being asked all around the world as news outlets broadcast the final stage of the undercover worldwide reptilian alien coup that, for over a century, has been slowly taking place before our very eyes, yet without our knowledge.
As the Supreme Leader of the reptilians slowly and ceremoniously makes… its?... way to the royal palace, tail flicking and tongue darting in and out, the gathering masses, led by our former world leaders chant quietly, reverently, and fearfully. However, as the music reaches its climax, our former presidents, prime ministers, kings, dictators, pull off their masks revealing their true reptilian forms. Roars of approval go up from the reptilian throng before the ceremony concludes with the same quiet chanting that opened the piece. But who are they? What do they want? And what is to become of us?
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Agua Nocturna (2010)
- And Can It Be (2009)
- Black Bolt! (2012)
- Blues for a Squirrel in the Rain (2019)
- Bock Fanfares (2013)
- Burning Music (2011)
- Chamber Concerto No. 1 (2012)
- Concertino Caboclo (2012)
- Dancefares (2016)
- Deep Calls to Deep (2016)
- The Exultant Heart (2016)
- Ford's Machine (2011)
- The Grand Processional of Our Reptilian Overlords (2019)
- He Who Would Valiant Be (2010)
- Heavy Weather (2012)
- I Know Moonrise (2019)
- If I Am to Leave... See: Symphony No. 1
- In Light, Accessible... (2015)
- The King of Love, My Shepherd Is (2004)
- Last Dances of Prospero (2009)
- Light Beyond Shadow (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- Like a River Glorious (2008)
- Lullaby for Leaving (2021)
- Lullaby from "Memorial to Silent Voices" (2011)
- Lux Veritas,
- Moonstruck Possum Trot (2013)
- The Mountain Whippoorwill (2011)
- Noche Triste (2013)
- Nocturne Under a Red Moon (2013)
- Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt (2017)
- Nuclear Family (2014)
- Oh, What a Morning! (2013)
- Paens for Brass Quintet (2009)
- Reanimations (2014)
- Red Rover (2019)
- Rumpelstilzchen (2010)
- The Seventh Degree of Freedom
- Symphony No. 1 (2019)
- Through the Looking Glass (2008)
- Urban Etudes for Double String Quartet and Brass Quintet (2009)
- You'll Come Matilda (Endlessly Waltzing) (2015)
Resources
- Jess Langston Turner website – Accessed 3 September 2020
- Perusal score