ensemble: wind ensemble (exact instrumentation below)
duration: 18 minutes
grade: 6
written: 2022 - 23
written for: Indiana University Wind Ensemble; Rodney Dorsey, director
premiere: April 11, 2023; Bloomington, IN

please notify R. Rankin Music (rrankinmusic@gmail.com) of each performance

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Instrumentation:

piccolo — 4 flutes (1.2 doubling picc. 2.3) — 2 oboes — english horn
2 bassoons — contrabassoon
4 Bb clarinets — bass clarinet — contrabass clarinet
2 alto saxophones — tenor saxophone — baritone saxophone

4 F horns — 4 C trumpets — 2 trombones — bass trombone — tuba

double bass (with low C string or extension)

piano — harp
timpani
percussion (4 players)
I. 2 woodblocks, vibraphone, marimba, lion’s roar
II. aluminum foil (12”x 12” square sheet), 3 suspended cymbals (high, med., low), bongos, 4 tom-toms (very high, med. low, very low), crotales
III. 3 temple blocks, baking tray, oil barrel (or any large metal barrel), hi-hat, tam-tam (shared with perc. 4)
IV. bass drum, tam-tam (shared with perc. 3), 4 tuned gongs (E4, F#4, A4, B4)

antiphonal group 1 (left): trombone (3), percussion (5) (small snare drum)
antiphonal group 2 (right): trombone (4), percussion (6) (medium thundersheet)

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Music Rental Information:

What You Get: One 11x17 spiral bound copy of the full score as well as one 9x12 staple bound copy of each instrumental part.

Rental Price: Fee reflects 1-3 performances. Please contact me for information regarding additional performances at a discounted rate.

Returning: Please return all materials, with a program of the concert, to the address below within four weeks after final performance:

R. Rankin Music
3310 East John Hinkle Pl.
Bloomington, IN 47408

Edits: Please erase any markings in score and parts. Please return each part. A $10 re-stocking fee will be added for each missing part.