Phenom
Vince Gassi
Ensemble: Concert Band
Grade: 3
Duration: 04:45
Year of Composition: 2009
Commissioned by: Ontario Music Educators' Association
Premiered by: Ontario Provincial Honour Band
Date of Premiere: November 6, 2009
Publisher: Alfred
Year of Publication: 2010
Publisher Catalog Number: 33863
Available: Yes
How to Acquire: Publisher, Purchase
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Piccolo
Flutes 1, 2
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Clarinets 1,2,3
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxes 1,2
Bb Tenor Sax
Eb Baritone Sax
Bb Trumpets 1,2,3
F Horns 1,2
Trombones 1,2,3
Euphonium
Tuba
Chimes
Mallet Percussion (Bells/Xylophone)
Percussion 1 (Snare Drum/Wind Chimes, Bass Drum)
Percussion 2 (Mark Tree/Suspended Cymbal/Crash Cymbals)
Percussion 3 (Tom-toms)
Timpani
Commissioned by the Ontario Music Educators' Association in celebration of their 60th anniversary. Premiered by the Ontario Provincial Honour Band at the OMEA's "Con Brio '09" conference.
Program Notes:
Floating harmonies and angular melodic curves set the stage in the opening measures of this imaginative new work for band. The main theme then bursts in with a powerful call and response statement, developing, transforming and gradually working its way to a lyrical section painted with vibrant textures and colors. The intensity of the main theme cannot be held at bay for long, however, as it rematerializes and transports this work to a dramatic conclusion.
(Alfred Music)