Scorch
General Info
Year: 2019 / 2021
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute/Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone/ Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos (optional)
- Cabasa
- Claves
- Djembe (or Conga)
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Scorch is a fiery and exciting work for young band, inspired by the scorching hearts of African deserts. The piece depicts this terrain by utilizing the Phrygian and Phrygian Dominant scales that are commonly found in Egyptian music and featuring African Afro-Cuban percussion instruments, including the cabasa, claves and djembe. The piece contains two rhythmically similar melodic themes that alternate throughout the piece. These melodies are typically found in the higher voices of the ensemble and continuously heat up and build towards an exciting, boisterous ending.
Commissioned by a consortium of 20 band directors.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Norris 7th Grade Band – Fall 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Prevailing Light (flex instrumentation) (2021)
All Wind Works
- Asylum Lake (2017)
- Celtic Odyssey (2021)
- Duality (2019/2020)
- Il Nodtro Ragazzo Dolce
- Pitch Black (2019)
- Prevailing Light (2021)
- Prevailing Light (flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Restoration (2017)
- Scorch (2019/2021)
- Snowfall (2018)
- Vanquish (2017)
- Violent Shadows (2017/2019)
Resources
- Chris Evan Hass website Accessed 26 June 2020
- Perusal score