Punch
General Info
Year: 2013
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Katy Abbott
Cost: Score and Parts - $37.05
Instrumentation
Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Punch was commissioned for Don Immel and the University of Melbourne Brass Ensemble at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. The ensemble premiered the piece in May 2013 in Melbourne, Australia, and also performed it later that year at the Sydney International Brass Festival. As the title indicates, the driving rhythms and intense articulations create an impact for the listener.
- Program Note from University of Georgia Hodgson Wind Ensemble concert program, 19 April 2018
Australian composer and educator Kay Abbot wrote Punch on a commission by Don Immel for the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Brass Ensemble. As she writes in her program
note, ‘punch’ has many different connotations: “To punch above your weight, Punch and Judy, punch in the nose, pack a punch, drink some punch...”
- Program Note from University of Texas Wind Symphony concert program, 15 November 2023
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio flash drive: University of North Carolina Charlotte Wind Ensemble (Shawn Smith, conductor) – 2020
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Texas (Austin) Wind Symphony (Michael Lebrias, conductor) - 15 November 2023
- Arizona State University (Tempe) Wind Ensemble (Anna Scott, conductor) - 14 November 2023
- Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Symphonic Band (Kelvin Jones, conductor) - 28 November 2022
- Central Washington University (Ellensburg) Wind Ensemble (Paul Bain, conductor) - 11 March 2021
- University of North Carolina Charlotte Wind Ensemble (Shawn Smith, conductor) – 21 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 Southern Division Conference, Natchitoches, La.)
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Wind Ensemble (Emily Threinen, conductor) – 27 September 2019
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Wind Ensemble (Scott Teeple, conductor) – 28 October 2018
- University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Wind Ensemble (Bradley Esau, conductor) – 19 April 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cross Sections (2014)
- Fast Ride in a Suave Machine (arr. Williams) (2006/2021)
- Jumeirah Jane (2008)
- June Day (2009)
- Punch (2013)
Resources
- Katy Abbott website Accessed 19 April 2019
- Perusal score