- 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
- 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 Machine Awakes (symphony orchestra + electronics)
- Whirlwind (symphony orchestra)
- Saxophone Ensemble
- Solo
Rise (band)
This is an arrangement of the first movement of my sax quartet of the same name for wind ensemble. This version was commissioned by Scott Stewart and the Emory University Wind Ensemble, who premiered it October 8th, 2003.
Rise is abstract in that there is no extra-musical imagery or narrative structure associated with the music. It is a lush adagio built upon a repeated cycle of chords ascending in stepwise motion. The music gradually gains upward momentum over this cyclical progression, reaching a powerful dramatic climax. The energy and momentum dissipate, returning the music to its opening contemplative quietness.
Though Rise is not programmatic, I believe the connotation of the title, and the corresponding nature of the music, implies a clear, unsentimental sense of optimism and hope.
Genres: Lyrical
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Year(s) composed: 2003
Duration: 06:00
Commissioned by: Emory University Wind Ensemble, Scott Stewart, conductor
Premiered
8 October 2003, Emory University Wind Ensemble, Scott Stewart, conductor
Technical Info
Piccolo
Flute 1-3
Oboe 1-2
Bassoon 1-2
Clarinet in Bb 1-3
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone 1-2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet in Bb 1-3
Horn in F 1-4
Trombone 1-3
Euphonium
Tuba
Glockenspiel
Suspended Cymbal (medium)
Suspended Cymbal (large)
Tam-tam
Bass Drum