Ned the Neck

by
Jocelyn Morlock

Ensemble: Wind Ensemble

Grade: 3

Duration: 03:45

Year of Composition: 2011

Commissioned by: CMC BC & BCMEA

Premiered by: BCMEA Honour Wind Ensemble (Rob Goddard, conductor)

Date of Premiere: October 22, 2011

Publisher: Canadian Music Centre

Year of Publication: 2011

Publisher Catalog Number: MI 1800 M865ne

Available: Yes

How to Acquire: Publisher, Purchase

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Instrumentation

Piccolo (opt.)
Flutes 1,2,3
Oboe
Bassoon
B♭ Clarinets 1,2,3
B♭ Bass Clarinet
E♭ Alto Sax
B♭ Tenor Sax
E♭ Baritone Sax
B♭ Trumpets 1,2,3
F Horns 1,2
Trombones 1,2,3
Euphonium
Tuba
Double Bass (opt.)
Timpani
4 Percussion

Commissioned for the 2011 BCMEA Honour Wind Ensemble by the Canadian Music Centre BC Regional Centre (CMC BC) and the British Columbia Music Educators’ Association (BCMEA).


Program Notes:

Ned the Neck is named after an albino boa constrictor – the piece is alternately relaxed and energetic, somewhat fierce, capricious, and rather fast and wriggly. Colour is very important (as it is on Ned – though he’s albino he has very lovely patterns that range between different shades of white, yellow and orange), and there is a constantly changing mosaic of different instrumental colours throughout this piece.

(Canadian Music Centre)