Unquiet Waters
General Info
Year: 2020 / 2023
Duration: c. 14:50
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Alto saxophone and piano
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) – Rental ($250.00) | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Movements
1. fast, turbulent – 6:22
2. still – 6:20
3. disturbed – 3:50
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Alto Saxophone
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Contra-Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Timbales
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Unquiet Waters is a three-movement depiction of the "waters of our mind." This is the second composition of mind that deals with this idea and is inspired by Prasad Mahes:
The mind is like water. When it's turbulent it's difficult to see.
When it's calm, everything becomes clearer.
The movement titles are different states of the mind that we all deal with in some way: fast, turbulent; still; disturbed.
I often find it difficult to focus or to still my mind, being that life has become increasingly busier and more chaotic. The chaotic moments in this music drift in and out of the calmness, as I search more and more for mental clarity and peace of mind.
- Program Note by composer
Commissioned by Dr. Jordan VanHemert, Associate Professor of Saxophone at Hope College, Holland, Mich.
The sonata version of Unquiet Waters was selected as the 2020 NASA Composition Competition winner. The work was later professionally recorded and released commercially by acclaimed saxophonist Nicki Roman. This band orchestration of Unquiet Waters is dedicated to Nicki Roman, with admiration.
- Program Note from score
Awards
- North American Saxophone Alliance Composition Contest, 2020, winner
Media
- Audio: Reference recording (saxophone and piano). Dan Phipps, saxophone; Sonny Yoo, piano)
- Audio: Reference recording (ensemble). University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Catherine Rand, conductor; Nikki Roman, alto saxophone)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Dan Haddad, conductor; Bob Eason, alto saxophone) - 24 October 2023
- University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg) Wind Ensemble (Catherine Rand, conductor; Nikki Roman, alto saxophone) - 1 April 2023 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2016/2020)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2022)
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2018/2020)
- A Hymn for Peace (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2022)
- Rocketship! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- All the Day Long (2017)
- Aurora (arr. Trentadue) (2021/2023)
- Christmas in Spain (2016)
- Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble (2018)
- Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2021)
- Dancing Fire (2016)
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2016/2020)
- Deep Blue (2022)
- Dual Strides (2022)
- Ecstatic Samba (arr. Trentadue) (2017/2022)
- Ember Skies (2021)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2022)
- enter data sequence (arr. Trentadue) (2022)
- The Essence of Being (arr. Trentadue) (2021/2022)
- Fantasia for Alto Sax and Marimba (2016)
- Fireworks (2015)
- Flash Fury (2023)
- Galactic Voyage (2018)
- Ignition (2018/2020)
- Havana (2018)
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2018/2020)
- A Hymn for Peace (2017)
- A Hymn for Peace (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- J.R. (2017)
- Lightning Round (2022)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2022)
- Metallic Figures
- More than Words... (2020)
- MOTO. See: Symphony Basquiat
- Night Sketches I (2016)
- Nitrous (2020)
- On Shores of Endless Sea (2022)
- Pyrotechnics (2019)
- Requiem for the Unarmed (2020/2022)
- River Memoria (2022)
- Rocketship! (2017)
- Rocketship! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Sangre Royal (2023)
- Shimmering Sunshine (2019). See also: Of Day and Night
- Solace in the Wind (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2023)
- A Song for Tomorrow (2019)
- Summit (2020)
- Symphony Basquiat (2023)
- Tango Oscuro (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2022)
- Unquiet Waters (2020/2023)
- Variation V (arr. Collins) (2020/2022)
- Windborne (2022)
Resources
- Kevin Day website Accessed 31 March 2023
- Perusal score