Kaboom!

by
Vince Gassi

Ensemble: Concert Band

Grade: 2.5

Duration: 02:45

Year of Composition: 2016

Commissioned by: Orillia S.S. Music Dept. (Laura Lee Matthie & Robin Watson, directors)

Publisher: Alfred

Year of Publication: 2017

Publisher Catalog Number: 45995

Available: Yes

How to Acquire: Publisher, Purchase

Links:

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Sample Audio

Perusal Score 

Instrumentation

Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Clarinets 1,2
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxes 1,2
Bb Tenor Sax
Eb Baritone Sax
Bb Trumpets 1,2
F Horn
Trombones 1,2
Euphonium
Tuba
Mallet Percussion (Bells/Chimes/Vibraphone/Xylophone)
Percussion 1 (Snare Drum, Bass Drum/Mark Tree)
Percussion 2 (Triangle/Crash Cymbals/Toms/Suspended Cymbal)
Timpani

Commissioned by the Orillia S.S. Music Dept. (Laura Lee Matthie & Robin Watson, directors) in celebration of the opening of their new school in 2016.


Program Notes:

Two notes...then two more. A counter-statement...then another. Ideas develop and unravel. Percussion punctuates, brass recapitulates, woodwinds decorate. Like a lit fuse, this new work will fascinate, enervate, and captivate--drawing you to the very end...and then...KABOOM!

(Alfred Music)