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Two-Lane Blacktop
General Info
Year: 2013
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts - $125.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Brake Drum
- China Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Guiro
- Hi-Hat
- Jam Blocks
- Slapstick
- Splash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Timbales
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle (2)
- Vibra-slap
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Two-Lane Blacktop is an homage to the open road and the distant horizon. Inspired by Mary Heilmann’s abstract painting of the same name, this short work for wind ensemble is a similarly abstract etude about tempo, rhythm, and movement.
An opening ascending gesture is heard throughout that represents “gear shifts” that alternate with increasingly complex variations on a three-note motive. The contrasting center section employs a soaring saxophone melody that depicts the timeless feeling of driving through the Utah desert. Finally, the variations build to maximum complexity only to collapse into a single intense acceleration.
-Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Ryan Scherber, conductor) - 21 November 2022
- Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Wind Ensemble (Craig V. Hamilton, conductor) – 9 March 2020
- Kansas State University (Manhattan) Wind Ensemble (Frank Tracz, conductor) – 23 October 2019
- University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Man., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Jacquie Dawson, conductor) - March 29, 2019
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Ensemble (Christopher J. Woodruff, conductor) – 10 March 2019
- Lone Star (Dallas, Tx.) Wind Orchestra (Brett Penshorn, conductor) - 27 January 2019
- Wind Symphony of Clovis (Calif.) (Gary Gilroy, conductor) - 19 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)
- Wind Symphony of Clovis (Clovis, Calif.) (Christine Keenan, conductor) – 17 October 2018
- San Jose (Calif.) State University Wind Ensemble (David Vickerman, conductor) - 10 May 2018
- California All-State High School Symphonic Band (Edward C. Harris, conductor) - 18 February 2018 (2018 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
- University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Ensemble (Nicholas Enrico Williams, conductor) – 16 February 2016
- University of Missouri (Columbia) Wind Ensemble (Brian Silvey, conductor) – 3 December 2015
- Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Symphony Band (Thomas E. Caneva, conductor) - 30 October 2015
- San Jose (Calif.) State University Wind Ensemble (Edward C. Harris, conductor) - 17 April 2015
- California State University, Los Angeles, Wind Ensemble (Emily Moss, conductor) - CBDNA Western/Northwestern Division Convention (Reno, Nev.) - 13 March 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Lookfar (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- March Tumbao (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Menlo Park, 1879 (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Zephyrus (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
All Wind Works
- All Dark Is Now No More (2014)
- Auto '66 (2011)
- Big Four on the River (2014)
- Bright Window (2005)
- Codex Gigas. See: Symphony No. 1
- Dymaxion (2021)
- Flying Jewels (2021)
- From the Shaken Tower: Symphony for Percussion and Winds (2014)
- Ghosts of the Old Year (2016)
- Heartland Verses (2019)
- I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold (2017)
- Lookfar (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- March Tumbao (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Menlo Park, 1879 (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Message from Arecibo (2023)
- Octarine Spark (2009)
- Pavillons en L'Air (2009)
- Sinfonietta No 1 (2004)
- Sinfonietta No 3: "Strange and Mysterious Waters" (2010)
- Swing Landscape (2018)
- Symphony No. 1 (2020)
- Tesseract (2023)
- Troublesome Fire (2022)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (2013)
- Urban Light (2021)
- With Soul Serene (2019)
- Zephyrus (Flex instrumentation) (2019)