Ash (Flex)
arr. Patrick Dunnigan
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ENSEMBLE
Grade 4 FLEX 💪🏻
Part 1 [Flute & Oboe, Clarinet, Trumpet]
Part 2 [Clarinet, Trumpet, Alto Sax]
Part 3 [Clarinet, Trumpet, Alto Saxophone, French Horn]
Part 4 [Tenor Saxophone, French Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Bassoon]
Part 5 [Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone, Trombone, Euphonium, Bassoon, Tuba]
Timpani
Percussion 1: Snare Drum, Vibraphone, Suspended Cymbal
Percussion 2: Crash Cymbals, Marimba, Tubular Bells
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DURATION: 6 minutes
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PDF SCORE/PARTS $100 (full price $150)
Invoices will be emailed; they will be due in 90 days.
PROGRAM NOTE
I never saw snowfall as a child growing up in Southern California; it was more a phenomenon that I saw in cartoons or read in children’s books.
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I did, however, witness my first ash-fall when I was in elementary school. I looked up into the clouded sky and saw specks of ash falling from it. Excited but puzzled, I looked to my elementary school teacher during recess and held out my hand. “Oh, that’s ash from the wildfires,” she said. At that time, I couldn’t comprehend how an enormous forest fire could create a small flurry of ash-flakes.
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Now I have the ominous understanding that something so magical and beautiful comes from something so powerful and destructive.