Quirks

Brant Karrick

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00; (digital) - $125.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Bongos
Chimes
Cowbell
Crash Cymbals
Finger Cymbals
Hi-Hat
Ride Cymbal
Slapstick
Snare Drum
Tambourine
Tam-Tam
Temple Blocks
Tom-Tom (4)
Triangle
Vibraphone
Vibra-slap
Wind Chimes
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Quirks -- a word defined as a sudden sharp turn or an unpredictable peculiarity of behavior or action demonstrates the capricious nature of the title in its musical character. The music vacillates between fast and slow, happy and sad, extroverted and introverted, and just never goes where you expect. There is plenty of interplay between winds and percussion as the four and three notes of the main motive are tossed about the many instrumental colors.

- Program Note from publisher

Quirks is constructed as a single-movement work with five distinct sections, plus a coda that includes material from three of the previous sections. Over the course of its duration, it utilizes a broad spectrum of musical styles. These styles include swing, two different types of multi-meters jazz and traditional band writing. Karrick frequently utilizes melodic fragmentation and variation to both develop melodies and construct transitions between sections of the piece.

- Program Note from Teaching Music Through Performance in Band

Commissioned by and written for the Colerain High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) Wind Symphony, David Smith, conductor.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Maryland: V

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of South Dakota (Vermillion) Symphonic Band (John LaCognata, conductor) – 21 November 2019
Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (James Chesebrough, conductor) - 31 October 2013
Northern Illinois University (DeKalb) Wind Ensemble (Thomas Bough, conductor) – 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

African Dreams (2012)
Bayou Breakdown (2004)
Comet Flash (2019)
Companions on the Journey (2006/2008)
Country Gardens (as arranger) (1918/2013)
Cumberland Falls Overture (2008)
Dean Dowdy
The Dragoon's Farewell (1998)
Exuberance (2012)
Ghost Dancing (2012)
A Golden Celebration (2010)
Homeward Bound (as arranger) (1991/2009)
If I Should Go (2021)
In My Native Country (as arranger) (1886/1999)
J.S. Jig (2008)
The Journey (2009)
Mambo Furioso (2001/2006)
Memor Vita! (2010)
The Old Red Mill (2010)
Photo Finish! (2007)
Quirks (2012)
Reluctant Joys (as arranger) (2020)
Runway Five (2014)
A Sacred Suite (2006)
See Rock City (2011)
Shannon Lake (2002/2003)
Slumber, My Darling (as arranger) (1862/2006)
Songs of Old Kentucky (2007)
Spy Chase (2005)
They Shall Run and Be Free (2009)
Unbridled Spirit!
Vanity Fair (as transcriber) (2006)
Vital Signs (2019)
When Hearts Tremble (2017)
With Visions of Tomorrow (2013)
With Wind and Water (2018)
Wondrous (2015)

Resources

Bough, Thomas. "Quirks." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 598-604. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.
Karrick, B. (2012). Quirks [score]. Carl Fischer: New York
Perusal score