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House Plants in Terracotta Pots
Subtitle: Music for Everyday Life
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Roy Magnuson
Cost: Score and Parts - $100
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The plants we fill our houses with are beautiful in their simplicity, and simply beautiful in their complexity. This music comes from my sincere desire to create art that, like house plants, does a thing and does it well. A simple statement of something simply thought.
- Program Notes by composer
For Martin Seggelke and the Illinois State University Wind Symphony.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) Symphonic Band (Tyler Austin, conductor) - 21 October 2021
- San Jose (Calif.) State University Wind Ensemble (David Vickerman, conductor) - 10 May 2018
- Cathedral City (Calif.) High School Symphony Band (Matthew K. Howe, conductor) - 18 February 2017 (2017 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
- University of North Texas (Denton) Concert Band (Kelly Desjardins, conductor) – 22 February 2017
- Flower Mound (Texas) High School Wind Symphony (Bill Watson, conductor) - 18 December 2015 (2015 Midwest Clinic)
- San Francisco Wind Ensemble (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) - 17 January 2015
- Illinois State University (Normal) Wind Symphony (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) - 28 September 2014 - **World Premiere**
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Book of the Dead (2012)
- Bound (2016)
- Five Toasts for Trombone and Wind Ensemble
- Flutter and Kick (2015)
- The Golden Gray (2009)
- Harvest Moon (2004)
- House Plants in Terracotta Pots (2014)
- in case of emergency (2014)
- Innsmouth, Massachusetts - 1927 (2014)
- little night (rain) music, A (2016)
- Seeking, Seeking (2008)
- the softest breath (2019)
- That Dear Land of Rest (2012)