Instrumentation

Picc, Fl, 2Ob(EH), 2Cl, 2Bsn, 4Hn, 2Tpt. 3Tbn, Tba, Timp, 2Perc, Pno, Strings

Program Note

At the University of Southern Maine, we have an ensemble that is dedicated to writing and playing new music each term. One term we had a small chamber orchestra, 4 strings, 3 woodwinds, 5 brass, and a piano. I wrote a short fanfare for this concert which was later re-worked for full symphony orchestra.

This wild fanfare uses a small selection of pitches and rhythms and yet with careful attention to details, such as dynamics and articulations, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.