- Band
- A Million Suns at Midnight
- Alchemy in Silent Spaces (wind ensemble)
- all stars are love (band)
- All Stars Are Love (Soprano + Wind Ensemble)
- Anthem (band)
- Axis Mundi
- Bloom (band)
- Chester Leaps In
- Coil (band + electronics)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone
- Concerto for Cello
- Concerto for Piano
- Concerto for Trombone
- Concerto for Wind Ensemble
- Dusk (band)
- Echo Dreams
- Ecstatic Fanfare (band)
- Ecstatic Waters (wind ensemble + electronics)
- Eristic Zeal
- First Light
- Idyll (band)
- ImPercynations
- In This Broad Earth (band)
- Interruption Overture
- Interruptions
- Introit: Tin Riot
- Irrational Joy
- MetaMarch
- Miniature Suite
- Monkey
- Nothing Gold Can Stay
- Paean: Chant
- Paean: Triumph
- Radiant Joy
- RedLine (wind ensemble)
- Rise (band)
- sevenfive (band)
- Solace (band)
- Stampede (band)
- Suite Dreams
- The Blue Bird (band)
- The Low Arc of the Sun
- The Machine Awakes (band + electronics)
- The Marbled Midnight Mile (band)
- Whirlwind (wind ensemble)
- Wings That Work
- Brass Band
- Chamber
- Chester Leaps In (two marimbas + piano)
- Dancing Around the Cathode Campfire
- Dusk (saxophone ensemble)
- Hummingbrrd (Baritone Saxophone)
- Hummingbrrd (Euphonium)
- In This Broad Earth (brass ensemble)
- Introit: Tin Riot
- Introit: Tin Riot (brass ensemble)
- Loose Id (brass ensemble + drumset)
- Loose Id (brass quintet + percussion)
- Radiant Joy (saxophone ensemble)
- RedLine (percussion quartet)
- RedLine (saxophone ensemble)
- RedLine (solo piano)
- Rise (saxophone quartet)
- sevenfive (brass quintet)
- Choral
- Concerti
- Electroacoustic
- Electronic
- Orchestra
- A Million Suns at Midnight
- Alchemy in Silent Spaces (symphony orchestra)
- Bloom (symphony orchestra)
- Concerto for Cello
- Concerto for Piano
- Concerto for Trombone
- Dusk (symphony orchestra)
- Ecstatic Fanfare (symphony orchestra)
- Ecstatic Waters (symphony orchestra + electronics)
- In This Broad Earth (symphony orchestra)
- Loose Id for Orchestra
- Rise (string orchestra)
- The Low Arc of the Sun (string orchestra version)
- The Machine Awakes (symphony orchestra + electronics)
- Whirlwind (symphony orchestra)
- Saxophone Ensemble
- Solo
Irrational Joy
Irrational Joy is part of the five-work Miniature Suite, commissioned by Kappa Kappa Psi, National Band Fraternity, and Tau Beta Sigma, National Band Sorority for the 2017 national convention. Perpetual motion ostinati in the woodwinds propel the rising brass ever forward to create a joyful music tinged with moments of dissonance. Beauty on the edge of catastrophe.
Info about the full Miniature Suite.
Genres: EnergeticEuphoricFastLoud
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Availability Date: August, 2017
Distributor: www.stevenbryant.com
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General Info
Year(s) composed: 2017
Duration: 02:30
Commissioned by: Kappa Kappa Psi, National Band Fraternity, and Tau Beta Sigma, National Band Sorority
Premiered
18 July 2017, KKPsi/TBS National Convention, Orlando, FL. Rick Clary, conductor.
Technical Info
Flute I – II – III
Oboe I – II
Bassoon I – II
Clarinet in Bb I – II – III
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I – II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet in Bb I – II – III
Horn in F I – II – III – IV
Trombone I – II – III (Bass)
Euphonium I – II
Tuba I – II
Contrabass (optional)
Piano
(optional)
Glockenspiel, Marimba
Vibraphone
Sandblocks, Cowbell, Bass Drum
Hi-hat, Suspended Cymbals (3: small, medium, large)
Tambourine, Small cymbal/Brake Drum stack