Motordom
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 8:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: (Digital) Jennifer Jolley; (Physical) Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts - $225.00 | Score Only - $50.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-VIII
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-IX
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II-III-IV
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Trumpet I-VI
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II-III
String Bass
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Motordom is my musical interpretation of artist Keith Sonnier’s light installation entitled “Motordom.” It is found in front of the District 7 Caltrans building in downtown Los Angeles. Shifting patterns of red and blue light, generated in neon and argon tubes, develop in horizontal bands all around the lobby of the Caltrans building. The tubes evoke taillights streaming down the freeway.
This work was commissioned by the 2009 Xavier University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Matthew Westgate, Conductor, and received its premiere performance by that group February 25, 2010.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Western Michigan University Symphonic Band (Kalamazoo) (Scott Boerma, conductor) - 18 February 2024
- East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.) Symphonic Band (Joe Busuito, conductor) - 16 November 2023
- Grand Symphonic Winds (Shakopee, Mn.) (Matthew J. George, conductor) - 29 October 2023
- Symphonic Winds of the Pacific (Chino Hills, Calif.) (Stephen Rochford, conductor) - 13 March 2023
- University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Thomas Gamboa, conductor) - 11 September 2022
- University of Illinois (Champaign) Hindsley Symphonic Band (Anthony Messina, conductor) – 28 February 2020
- Purdue Fort Wayne (Ind.) Symphonic Band (Daniel Tembras, conductor) – 5 December 2019
- University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Wind Symphony (Ben Lorenzo, conductor) – 25 November 2019
- Valdosta (Ga.) State University Wind Ensemble (Benjamin Harper, conductor) – 21 November 2019
- University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Thomas Gamboa, conductor) – 20 November 2019
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Ensemble (David T. Kehler, conductor) – 25 April 2019
- California State University, Stanislaus, Wind Ensemble (Stuart Sims, conductor)– 8 December 2017
- Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) Wind Ensemble (Chester Phillips, conductor) – 7 December 2017
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Symphony Band (David Thornton, conductor) – 30 November 2017
- University of Texas (Austin) Wind Symphony (Scott Hanna, conductor) – 5 April 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Ash (Adaptable Band) (arr. Dunnigan) (2018/2020)
- Last Stage to Red Rock (Adaptable Band) (2016/2020)
- Lichtweg/Lightway (Adaptable Band) (arr. Bove) (2017/2020)
- Neoncore (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Neoncore. See also: Suite Treats
- Son of a Gun (Adaptable Band) (2019)
- Sounds from the Grey Goo Sars CoV-2 (Adaptable Band) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Ash (2018)
- Ash (Adaptable Band) (arr. Dunnigan) (2018/2020)
- Blue Glacier Decoy (2018)
- Dust (2023)
- Emoticons (2008)
- The Eyes of the World Are Upon You (2017)
- Last Stage to Red Rock (2016)
- Last Stage to Red Rock (Adaptable Band) (2016/2020)
- Lichtweg/Lightway (2017)
- Lichtweg/Lightway (Adaptable Band) (arr. Bove) (2017/2020)
- MARCH! (2021)
- Motordom (2009)
- Neoncore (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Neoncore. See also: Suite Treats
- Never Forget, Never Remember (2017)
- Questions to Heaven (2021)
- Son of a Gun (2019)
- Sounds from the Grey Goo Sars CoV-2 (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Think About It (2019)
- Through the Looking Glass Falls (2014)
- The Walkup (2018)