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I Wander the World in a Dream of My Own Making
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General Info
Year: 2005
Duration: c. 7:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bill Holab Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental | Score Only - $75.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
When Robert Rumbelow approached me to write a piece for wind ensemble for this wonderful consortium commission, I was really delighted, as I had been thinking of a piece for these forces for some time and was eager to try some of the acoustic things that I do in my pieces for symphony orchestra in a different context. I have long been interested in the idea of trying to “build in” an acoustic into my orchestrations; that is, to create the effect, for instance, of a melody which has a sense of sustain as if it were being played in a cathedral even though it is not -- to build that reverberation into the orchestration. I was very pleased to see that not only could I achieve similar effects but also different and even more exciting things with various combinations of winds, brass, and percussion.
The title for this work is a reference to the compositional process. Writing a piece of music is like creating a dream that you want to have. The feeling that pervades the work is one of a sense of mystery, and this sentiment is primarily conveyed through the harmonies and orchestration.
The work is based on two ideas: the first is a short, two-note motive, and the second is a descending melody of five notes, ending in the repetition of the final note several times. This second material could be called the main melody, and it always appears shrouded in a kind of haze, until toward the very end of the work.
- Program Note by composer
This work received its premiere performance by the Columbus State University (Columbus, Ga.) Wind Ensemble, conducted by Robert Rumbelow, in April 2006.
Media
State Ratings
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Performances
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- Eastman Wind Ensemble (Rochester, N.Y.) (Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor) - 6 October 2021
- University of Delaware Wind Ensemble (Lauren Reynolds, conductor) – 6 December 2017
- University of Illinois (Champaign) Wind Symphony (Will Sugg, conductor) – 4 November 2017
- University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Wind Ensemble (Scott Teeple, conductor) – 25 February 2017
- Eastman Wind Ensemble (Rochester N.Y.) (Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor) - 28 January 2015
- University of Hawaii Wind Ensemble (Jeffrey Boeckman, conductor) - 24 February 2013
- Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) Wind Ensemble (Joseph P. Missal, conductor) – 25 March 2009 (CBDNA 2009 National Conference (Austin, Tx.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Concerto for Marimba and Wind Sinfonietta (2013)
- Etenraku (1996)
- The Here and Now (2005/2009)
- I Wander the World in a Dream of My Own Making (2008)
- Off the Clock (2019)
- Sweet Like That (2011)
Resources
- Christopher Theofanidis website
- Theofanidis, C. (2005). I Wander the World in a Dream of My Own Making: Wind Ensemble [score]. [C. Theofanidis: United States]