Instrumentation
1 - Piccolo
4 - Flute 1
4 - Flute 2
1 - Oboe 1
1 - Oboe 2
4 - B♭ Clarinet 1
4 - B♭ Clarinet 2
4 - B♭ Clarinet 3
2 - B♭ Bass Clarinet
1 - B♭ Contrabass Clarinet
1 - E♭ Contra Alto Clarinet
1 - Bassoon 1
1 - Bassoon 2
1 - Contrabassoon
2 - E♭ Alto Saxophone 1
2 - E♭ Alto Saxophone 2
2 - B♭ Tenor Saxophone
1 - E♭ Baritone Saxophone
3 - B♭ Trumpet 1
3 - B♭ Trumpet 2
3 - B♭ Trumpet 3
2 - F Horn 1 & 2
2 - F Horn 3 & 4
2 - Trombone 1
2 - Trombone 2
2 - Trombone 3
2 - Bass Trombone
2 - Euphonium B.C.
2 - Euphonium T.C.
4 - Tuba
1 - Double Bass
1 - Timpani
2 - Orchestra Bells, Vibraphone
2 - Tubular Bells, Xylophone
1 - Marimba
4 - Percussion 1 (Wind Chimes,
Gong, Maracas, Tambourine,
Suspended Cymbal)
1 - Percussion 2 (Marching Snare Drum)
4 - Percussion 3 (Crash Cymbals,
Cabasa, Snare Drum, Bass Drum)
Celestial Seas
Grade 4
for concert band
by Julie Giroux
Commissioned by the Missouri Bandmasters Association for the 39th Anniversary of the Missouri All-State Band Premiered at the 77th Annual Missouri Music Educators Association Conference January 31, 2015
Celestial Seas is a musical story covering the next 5 billion years as it pertains to our galaxy, the Milky Way and its eventual collision with the Andromeda Galaxy.
Celestial Seas opens up with humans represented by three notes which make up a six note melody. Those three notes are the building blocks for the entire work which takes us from now to the collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies and beyond. Extreme dynamic contrasts, crescendos and decrescendos, the constant changing of chords and tempos and the continuous variations of the original melody are all musical attempts to keep us constantly sailing chronologically and physically on celestial seas.
-J.G.
MP 99129
Duration: 6:40
Score & Parts: $130.00
Score only: $25.00
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