Let Me Be Frank with You

John Mackey

John Mackey

Subtitle: For four-part adaptable ensemble, plus drum set

General Info

Year: 2020
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Osti Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $75.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

• Flute
• Oboe
• E-flat Soprano Clarinet
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• B-flat Soprano Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet

Part 2

• Flute
• Oboe
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet

Part 3

• Bassoon
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet
• F Horn
• Trombone
• Euphonium

Part 4

• Bassoon
• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• Trombone
• Euphonium
• Tuba
• Double Bass

Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum (optional)
• Drum Set
• Tambourine

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This is the first piece John Mackey composed during quarantine. After months of not being inspired to write, the melody came to him for this piece. Initially, he was afraid that he had accidentally plagiarized Frank Ticheli, so he played the piece for him. Ticheli told him that it was not plagiarized and encouraged him to use it, hence the title, Let Me Be Frank with You. The piece is dedicated to Frank Ticheli.

- Program Note from Music for the Pandemic (and Beyond)

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Cuesta Wind Ensemble (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) (Jennifer Martin, conductor) – 1 May 2021
• High Point (N.C.) University Wind Ensemble (Brian Meixner, conductor) - 27 April 2021
• University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Wind Ensemble (Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor) - 27 April 2021
• Abilene (Tx.) Christian University Wind Ensemble (Steven Ward, conductor) - 9 April 2021
• Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) Wind Ensemble (Derek Shapiro, conductor) - 5 April 2021 (Virtual)
• Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Matthew Morse, conductor) - 16 December 2020
• University of Texas Arlington Symphonic Band (Christopher Evans, conductor) - 10 December 2020
• Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Robert Hickey, conductor) - 7 December 2020
• University of Colorado Boulder Concert Band (Branden Steinmetz, conductor) - 7 December 2020
• University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Eric W. Bush, conductor) - 7 December 2020
• Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 2 December 2020
• University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Wind Ensemble (Carolyn Barber, conductor) - 9 October 2020
• Lipscomb University (Nashville, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble - Fall 2020

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
• Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
• Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
• This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2017/2020)

All Wind Works

• Antique Violences (2017)
• Asphalt Cocktail (2009)
• Aurora Awakes (2009)
• Clocking (2007)
• Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble (2007)
• Damn (1998)
• Drum Music: Concerto for Percussion (2011)
• Fanfare For Full Fathom Five (2015)
• Foundry (2011)
• Foundry (Flex instrumentation) (2011/2020)
• The Frozen Cathedral (2012)
• Harvest: Concerto for Trombone (2009)
• High Wire (2012)
• Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010)
• Hymn to a Blue Hour (arr. Wallace) (2010/2021)
• Kingfishers Catch Fire (2007)
• Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Lightning Field (2015)
• Liminal (2016)
• The Night Garden (2017)
• Night on Fire. See: The Soul Has Many Motions
• Places We Can No Longer Go (2018)
• (redacted) (2013)
• Redline Tango (2004)
• The Rumor of a Secret King (2017/2018)
• The Rumor of a Secret King (arr. Blegen) (2017/2018/2020)
• Sacred Spaces (2019)
• Sasparilla (2005)
• Sheltering Sky (2012)
• Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
• Snarl (2018)
• Songs from the End of the World (2015)
• The Soul Has Many Motions (2013)
  • Night on Fire (2013)
  • Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
• Strange Humors (2006)
• Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
• This Cruel Moon (2014/2017)
• This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
• Turbine (2006)
• Turning (2007)
• Undertow (2008)
• Until the Scars (2014/2019)
• Weird Flex But OK (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Wine-Dark Sea (2014)
• Xerxes (2010)

Resources

• Creative Repertoire Initiative
• Flaherty, Jean. " Let Me Be Frank with You by John Mackey." Literature for a Pandemic (and Beyond). Web. Accessed 24 August 2020
• John Mackey website Accessed 2 July 2020
• Pease, Andy. "Let Me Be Frank With You by John Mackey." Wind Band Literature, 12 February 2021. Web. Accessed 12 February 2021