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Under Western Skies
Subtitle: For Two Trumpets and Concert Band
General Info
Year: 2014 / 2016
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Two trumpets and piano
Publisher: Kevin McKee Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $140.00
Movements
1. Sundown – 4:59
2. Sunup – High Noon – 5:33
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba (div.)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Castanets
- Crash Cymbals
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
When New Mexico trumpeter John Marchinado contacted me about writing a duo trumpet/piano piece, my immediate thought was to do something with a Western flavor. Before, and often during, my writing of this piece I poured over photographs of New Mexico’s high desert areas, many that really embody the classic notion we have of “the West”. The first movement, Sundown, attempts to accompany a classic Western sunset. The second movement, Sunup-High Noon, opens with muted trumpets heralding the morning light. Before long we’re off on the day's adventure. The urgency of the mornings ride eventually slows as we ride into a ghost town and hear 12 ominous bell tolls signaling High Noon. The trumpets begin a duel in what is a tip of the hat to Western master Ennio Morricone. After reaching its climax we’re off again to the rousing conclusion.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Grand Valley State University Wind Ensemble (Lowell Graham, conductor; Richard Stoelzel and Rex Richardson, trumpets)
- Audio CD: Grand Valley State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Lowell Graham, conductor; Richard Stoelzel and Rex Richardson, trumpet)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (David Robinson, conductor; Brian Walker and Akira Okamoto, trumpet) – 12 November 2018
- Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) Wind Ensemble (Jonathan Caldwell, conductor; Jason Crafton and J. Pyton Sheltom, trumpets) – 2 October 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Centennial Horizon (2017)
- Dürrenhorn Passage (2009)
- Escape
- Iron Horse (2019)
- Under Western Skies (2016)
- Vuelta del Fuego
Resources
- Kevin McKee website Accessed 12 November 2018