Phenom

by
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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Instrumentation

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)