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Raygo
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 7:25
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: MorganKellyMossMusic
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $59.99; (digital) - $49.99
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- Violin
Part 2
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- Viola
Part 3
- Oboe
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- Viola
Part 4
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Cello
Part 5
- Bassoon
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Cello
- Piano
Part 6
- Flute
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Marimba (or other keyboard instrument)
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
Performance Notes
"Flexible ensemble” is an ensemble written for instruments which can be switched out for one another, allowing for greater range of playability. Listed above are suggestions for instrumentation of this piece, but the shaping of the ensemble is ultimately up to the creativity of the conductor.
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Raygo, for flexible ensemble (an ensemble written for instruments which can be switched out for one another, allowing for greater range of playability), is a piece that originates from the imagination of composer Morgan Moss as a young child. In her youth, Moss loved to conjure up and write down fantastical stories about dragons, castles, and adventures. Instead of throwing away these ideas in her adulthood, Moss wrote many short pieces in their honor. This one, named after her favorite little creature from Susan Fletcher’s Dragon Chronicles stories, Raygo, characterizes the baby dragon who has everlasting comic energy, puppy-like clumsiness, and an imagination that he is big and scary! Parts of the adventure can be heard throughout the music, such as learning to hunt, stowing away on a boat, and Raygo’s only telepathic words to his master… “hun-gry!”
- Program Note by composer
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Pursuit (2020)
- Raygo (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Scherzo on the American Dream (2019)
Resources
- Morgan Moss, personal correspondence, December 2020
- Morgan Moss website Accessed 5 January 2021