Ember Skies FLEX - Full score

Kevin Day
arr. Josh Trentadue
Ember Skies
(2020/2022)
for 5-part adaptable ensemble
© 2020/2022 Kevin Day Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved.

SUGGESTED INSTRUMENTATION
The following suggested list is provided to serve as a guide for your part assignments. Any combination of these instruments can be
used at your discretion, as long as all required parts are fulfilled (as few as five players, one per part, can perform this work).
If possible, don't be afraid to experiment with different instrumental combinations when performing this work! These
experimentations can be used as a learning tool for you and your performers for how color and texture can change with even the
smallest difference in orchestration (example: have the flutes play alone at a particular passage, then clarinets or saxophones, then a
combination of these families. What are the differences in timbre? Does it affect the mood or emotion of the piece, and if so, how?).
Use this piece, in that regard, as an endless sea of experimentation and creative possibilities for you and your performers.
With all of this in mind, this arrangement of Ember Skies should be used as an opportunity to demonstrate how music isn't just
chord progressions, electronic samples, heavy-metal grooves, or even just simply dots on a page. It's how that music is brought to
life with what we have available; what we can create from it; how decisions of musical intent, listening to each other, and hearing
these new sounds/colors/textures can impact our perceptions of the piece; and finally, how we can use these skills for any
performance situation, no matter what the instrumentation, style, or genre may be.
PART I
Flute/Oboe
B ♭ Clarinet
Violin I
PART II
Flute/Oboe
B ♭ Clarinet, B ♭ Trumpet
E ♭ Alto Sax
Violin II
PART III
B ♭ Clarinet, B ♭ Trumpet
E ♭ Alto Sax
Horn (F)
Viola
PART IV
Bassoon, Trombone/Euphonium (B.C.)
Tenor Sax, Euphonium (T.C.)
Horn (F)
Violoncello
PART V
Bassoon, Trombone/Euphonium (B.C.)
Tuba
Bass Clarinet, Euphonium (T.C.)
E ♭ Baritone Sax
Double Bass
ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTS (if available)
Piano
All percussion is optional.
PERCUSSION LIST
Timpani, MALLET PERCUSSION (Glockenspiel, Xylophone), Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal

PERFORMANCE NOTES
-Some of the transposed copies split into octaves in consideration of a particular instrument's idiomatic
capabilities. Unless otherwise indicated in these copies, if a particular staff where this occurs can be doubled (ex:
if you have a flute and oboe player available to play on Part I}, have each of the players divide into the indicated
octaves wherever possible.
-Cue-sized notes are optional passages the players may choose to perform.
-STRINGS (if used): If any of the string parts can be doubled, follow all guidelines, as written and at your
discretion. If only one player is available for each part, the top line of every divisi passage is preferred. Bowings
are provided on the score and parts - if additional or alternate bow markings are needed for the players, these
should be determined by conductor and concertmaster before rehearsals and performance.
-All breath marks notated throughout the piece are suggestions and, if desired, can be seen as optional.
PROGRAM NOTES
Ember Skies is a Grade 1 composition originally for young band depicting a red-orange colored sky that awakens
from the darkness of night, bringing forth the first light and signaling the start of a new day.
-program note by the composer

GRADE 1
Full Score (transposed)
Ember Skies
(2020/2022)
for 5-part adaptable ensemble
Kevin Day
arr. Josh Trentadue
Tranquil, with expression = 72–80
9
PART I
Flute/Oboe
( )
Bb Clarinet
( )
Violin I
( )
PART II
Flute/Oboe
( )
Bb Clarinet
Bb Trumpet
( )
Eb Alto Sax
( )
Violin II
( )
PART III
Bb Clarinet
Bb Trumpet
( )
Eb Alto Sax
( )
Horn (F)
( )
Viola
( )
PART IV
Bassoon
Trombone
Euphonium
( )
( )
Horn (F)
( )
Tenor Sax
Euphonium (T.C.)
Violoncello
PART V
Bassoon
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Bass Clarinet
Euphonium (T.C.)
Eb Baritone Sax
Double Bass
Piano
Timpani
MALLETS
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Bass Drum
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
Tranquil, with expression = 72–80
9
Suspended Cymbal
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
© 2020/2022 Kevin Day Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved.

6 Ember Skies
PART I
Fl./Ob.
Bb Cl.
Vln. I
PART II
Fl./Ob.
Bb Cl.
Bb Tpt.
Eb A. Sax.
Vln II
PART III
Bb Cl.
Bb Tpt.
Eb A. Sax.
Hn. (F)
Vla
23
Pno.
( )
PART IV
Bsn.
Trb.
Euph.
T. Sax.
Euph. (T.C.)
Hn. (F)
Vc.
PART V
Bsn.
Tbn.
Euph.
Tba.
Bs. Cl.
Euph. (T.C.)
Eb Bar. Sax.
D. B.
Timp.
23
MALLETS
Glock.
Xyl.
( )
B. Dr.
Sus. Cym.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Ember Skies
7
PART I
Fl./Ob.
Bb Cl.
Vln. I
PART II
Fl./Ob.
Bb Cl.
Bb Tpt.
Eb A. Sax.
Vln II
PART III
Bb Cl.
Bb Tpt.
Eb A. Sax.
Hn. (F)
Vla
PART IV
Bsn.
Trb.
Euph.
T. Sax.
Euph. (T.C.)
Hn. (F)
Vc.
PART V
Bsn.
Tbn.
Euph.
Tba.
Bs. Cl.
Euph. (T.C.)
Eb Bar. Sax.
D. B.
31
Pno.
Timp.
( )
31
MALLETS
Glock.
Xyl.
B. Dr.
Sus. Cym.
( )
( )
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

8 Ember Skies
43
PART I
Fl./Ob.
Bb Cl.
Vln. I
PART II
Fl./Ob.
Bb Cl.
Bb Tpt.
Eb A. Sax.
Vln II
( )
PART III
Bb Cl.
Bb Tpt.
Eb A. Sax.
Hn. (F)
Vla
PART IV
Bsn.
Trb.
Euph.
T. Sax.
Euph. (T.C.)
Hn. (F)
Vc.
PART V
Bsn.
Tbn.
Euph.
Tba.
Bs. Cl.
Euph. (T.C.)
Eb Bar. Sax.
D. B.
( )
( )
( )
( )
Pno.
( )
Timp.
MALLETS
Glock.
Xyl.
B. Dr.
Sus. Cym.
43
( )
( )
( )
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48