Trumpeters' Lullaby

From Wind Repertory Project
Kenneth Amis

Kenneth Amis


General Info

Year: 2009
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Amis Musical Circle
Cost: Score and Parts - $10 USD


Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-VII (I doubling Flugel horn)


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Commissioned by Marc Reese and the Conservatory at Lynn University, the writing of Trumpeters’ Lullaby was inspired by my experience under the mentorship of the late Roger Voisin (who premiered Leroy Anderson’s A Trumpeter's Lullaby with the Boston Pops Orchestra several decades earlier), the recent birth of Marc’s first born and the disposition I had humorously observed among Marc’s growing studio of trumpet students. Given the amount of crying from the average newborn baby and the amount of whining from some of Marc’s trumpet students, the performers had no problem recreating these effects (notated through ½ valves, ½-valve scoops and grace notes) while the soloist (Trumpet I) sang them back to sleep.

- Program Note by composer


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • Oberlin (Ohio) Conservatory Orchestra - 5 March 2021
  • Lynn University (Boca Raton, Fla.) Trumpet Studio - 18 March 2010 *Premiere Performance*


Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

None discovered thus far.