PUBLISHER: M.O.T.I.F. - Music of the Introspective Fields (ASCAP)
DURATION: ca. 5 minutes
DIFFICULTY: GRADE 4.5
WORLD PREMIERE: April 21, 2015 - Michigan State University Campus Band, Jared Staub (conductor); Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
DURATION: ca. 5 minutes
DIFFICULTY: GRADE 4.5
WORLD PREMIERE: April 21, 2015 - Michigan State University Campus Band, Jared Staub (conductor); Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
COMMISSION INFORMATION
Written for Jared Staub and the Michigan State University Campus Band
as a winner of the 2015 Jere Hutcheson Large Ensemble Composition Competition
as a winner of the 2015 Jere Hutcheson Large Ensemble Composition Competition
INSTRUMENTATION
WOODWINDS: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Bb Clarinets, Bb Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons
SAXOPHONES: 2 Altos, Tenor, Bari
BRASS: 4 Horns, 3 Bb Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Euphoniums (2 or more needed; T.C. and B.C. parts available), 2 Tubas (2 or more needed)
PERCUSSION: Marimba (4.3-octave), Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Crotales, Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Tam-Tam (one player per part)
MULTIPLE BOWS REQUIRED
SAXOPHONES: 2 Altos, Tenor, Bari
BRASS: 4 Horns, 3 Bb Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Euphoniums (2 or more needed; T.C. and B.C. parts available), 2 Tubas (2 or more needed)
PERCUSSION: Marimba (4.3-octave), Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Crotales, Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Tam-Tam (one player per part)
MULTIPLE BOWS REQUIRED
PROGRAM NOTES
Celestial Voyage evokes an innocent sense of wondering what it might be like for one to travel through outer space. After some music which establishes this particular mood, the piece takes off on its journey. Included is a "motor" prevalent throughout the piece and found at some point in most, if not all, of the instruments. Complimenting this is a musical motif, also littered throughout the piece, and broad chords representing the vastness of this undiscovered country, as well as its mysterious and perhaps even ominous qualities. After a triumphant climax where all of these ideas return, the piece ends on this mysterious note, revealing that there is still so much more to be discovered out there beyond our planet.
"The first of these factors is the compelling urge of man to explore and discover, the thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no man has gone before."
-Introduction to Outer Space, The White House, 26 March 1958
"The first of these factors is the compelling urge of man to explore and discover, the thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no man has gone before."
-Introduction to Outer Space, The White House, 26 March 1958