Look Not Upon Us

Nicole Piunno

General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $40.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

There is a vision in the book of Isaiah where God is on the throne and two beautiful seraphim surround Him. In this vision the two seraphim cover their feet and faces. By covering themselves it seems as though they are saying “Look not on us, but onto something more beautiful.” I think this is what musicians do. We are simply vehicles of a more powerful reality. The music we create can be beautiful, but I think music is at its best when we can look through it and onto a deeper and more beautiful reality.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Monarch Brass

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Penn State University (University Park) Symphonic Band (Gregory Drane, conductor) - 8 December 2020
Michigan State University (East Lansing) Brass Choir (Steve Kandow, conductor) – 8 December 2012
Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant) Symphonic Wind Ensemble – 2011 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)

All Wind Works

Articulate March (2016)
At a Crossroads (2022)
Autumn Air (2016)
Be Still and Still Moving (2020)
Beauty Broken (2015)
Blue Radiance (2020)
Bright Shadow Fanfare (2021)
Catharsis (2020)
Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (2018)
Dance the Joy Alive (2016)
Eternity in an Hour (2016)
I Will Lament and Love (2018)
Image on Truth (2019)
Letters from the Traveling Doll (2021)
Look Not Upon Us (2011)
Monterey Sketches
Night Watches (2020)
On a Hill Far Away
Postcard from Sequoia (2019)
Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
Resound (2021)
Safely Rest (2020)
Shifting Shadows
Solace Dance (2016)
Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
The Spirit Is Willing (2023)
Spring Fanfare (2016)
Sunflower Studies (2023)
Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Through Wind and Whispers (2014)
Where Words Cannot Go (2020)
Woven
You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)

Resources

Nicole Piunno website Accessed 9 December 2020