Jinx (flex)

Ryan George

Subtitle: For FLEX Ensemble

General Info

Year: 2017 / 2020
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Fornine Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $70.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Violin

Part 2

B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Violin

Part 3

B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
Horn in F
B-flat Trumpet
Viola

Part 4

Bassoon
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
Horn in F
Low Brass
Cello

Part 5

Bassoon
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Low Brass
Tuba
String Bass

Keyboard I-II, including:

Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Percussion I-II, including:

Cabasa
China Cymbal (medium)
Crash Cymbal
Jam-Blocks (2), high and low
Kick Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Jinx is a short mischievous work for concert band inspired by the superstitious notion that if one’s good luck has run out, then they must be cursed, or jinxed. Jinx was commissioned by the Fillmore Wind Band Consortium for their performance at the 2017 Midwest Clinic in Chicago.

- Program Note (2017 edition) from the Fillmore Wind Band concert program, 22 December 2017

Performance Notes

Instrument choices for each part are selected to give you as many options as possible while making idiomatic sense. This piece works really well as a brass, woodwind or string quintet, as well as with mixed instrumentation. You'll find multiple octaves are given in certain parts to best fit with that particular instrument's range and/or player's ability.

My hope is that you will take this piece and run with it. Mix and match instrumentation to demonstrate how orchestration can change the color and feel of the piece. Use one-on-a-part, double up, triple up. Do anything to make this a musically rewarding experience for all involved.

Instrumentation considerations:

Piccolo – should play the flute line for Part 1
Treble Clef Baritone – should play the b-flat Tenor Saxophone line for Part 4
Low Brass – this implies either Trombone or Euphonium
Part 2 – B-flat Clarinet should lay the upper octave during octave splits if possible. Soprano Saxophone and Trumpet should play lower octave during octave splits.
Part 5 Bassoon/Low Brass – tenor Trombone and Euphonium players should play the upper octave. Bassoon and Bass Trombone players can play either the top or bottom octave depending on player ability.
Per 2 – this part is written to be played by a single player or a kit setup, but the part can be broken up if more players are available.

Media

Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Symphony Band (Scott Corley, conductor) - 3 May 2021
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) Symphony Band (Polly Middleton, conductor) - 5 December 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Autobahn (Flex instrumentation) (2008/2020)
Café 512 (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
Jinx (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)

All Wind Works

Resources