Six
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Nicole Murphy
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Toms (2)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Six was commissioned by the Mid America Freedom Band for a concert with the theme of ‘stories we share’. This piece explores stories from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-word memoirs by famous & obscure writers (ed. Smith Magazine), in which writers were asked to share their memoir in only six words. The three main sections of the piece respond to the following memoirs respectively:
Section I - “Danced in the Fields of Infinite Possibilities”
Section II - “I still make coffee for two”
Section III - “Traversing the Earth together, chasing elusive answers”
- Program Notes by composer
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 15 October 2022
- Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 2 May 2016 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 431.
- Nicole Murphy website Accessed 12 March 2020
- Six-Word Memoirs Wikipedia Accessed 12 March 2020