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Taking Sides
Subtitle: For Solo Trombone, Woodwind Octet, Percussion, Piano, and Contrabass
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 13:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Matthew Tommasini
Cost: Score and Parts - rental
Movements (played without pause)
1. Dysfunction
2. Reflection
3. Consensus
Instrumentation
Oboe (2)
Bb Clarinet (2)
Bassoon (2)
F Horn (2)
Solo trombone
Contrabass
Piano
Percussion, including:
- Marimba
- Vibraphone
- Slapstick
- Guiro
- Whistle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This work uses the format of a political debate as its foundation. In the frenzied, cartoonish first movement, the solo trombonist plays the role of moderator, trying to ask a musical question. The woodwind octet, divided into two complementary quartets, plays dueling variations of the question, ignoring, and eventually mocking, the trombonist. In the jazz-influenced second movement, the ensemble reflects on a lyrical theme from the first movement, leading to the reconciliation of the third movement. The trombone soloist brings the ensemble to consensus through variations of the original musical question, which morph through various jazz and popular musical styles. The ensemble begins to imitate the trombonist. Ultimately, the complementary quartets discover the irony of a conflict in which both sides have more in common than they realize.
- Program note by composer
Commissioned by the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings/Oberlin Conservatory/University of Michigan Consortium in memory of Lydia Silvani Foley. The work was premiered by the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings on April 13, 2008.
Media
Sample download; ensemble and conductor unknown
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Southern California Thornton Wind Ensemble (H. Robert Reynolds, conductor; Charles Lilly, trombone) - 4 November 2012
- Festival Chamber Players (Hot Springs, AR) (David Jackson, trombone) - 5 June 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Taking Sides (2008)
- Three Spanish Songs (2009)
- Torn Canvases (2009)