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PROGRAM NOTES: AS WE GET OLDER, WE DISCOVER DEEPER PARTS OF OURSELVES THAT PROCESS INFORMATION FROM UNLOCKED ANGLES THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR PAST SELVES. FOR MYSELF, I SIT WITH MISTAKES I HAVE MADE, SUCCESSES I RACK UP, AND FEELINGS THAT I COLLECT AND TRY TO TAKE THE TIME I NEED TO REFLECT ON THE MANY FACETS OF MY LIFE. I CALL THIS “SELF-REFLECTION” AND I DO IT OFTEN I TRY MY BEST TO DO IT WITHIN A SPACE THAT SITS IN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE INSIDE OF ME. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DISCOVER MORE OF OURSELVES AS WE GET OLDER. AS WE GET OLDER, HOW WE SELF-REFLECT CHANGES, AND THINGS THAT ONCE WERE, CAN BECOME MORE SOUR… PAINFUL… HAPPIER… OR EVEN JOYFUL. THIS PIECE IS TITLED “SELF REFLECTIONS” AS IT PROVIDES MY MUSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF HOW SELF-REFLECTION WORKS FOR ME AS I PEER INTO THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF MY OWN HUMANITY. I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE THE TOOLS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE BEYOND JUST KNOWING HOW TO PASS STANDARDIZED TESTING AND MAKE IT TO CLASS ON TIME. I THINK EMOTIONALLY STRONG PEOPLE MAKE FOR COURAGEOUS PEOPLE. I HOPE THAT THIS PIECE CAN SPARK CONVERSATION AMONG YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT CONCEPTS SUCH AS AGENCY, PROACTIVENESS, AND SELF-REFLECTION BECAUSE IT MAY BE WHAT HELPS THEM GET THROUGH THOSE MOMENTS THAT ARE SOUR, PAINFUL, HAPPY, AND JOYFUL IN THEIR FUTURE.
PERFORMANCE NOTES: SELF REFLECTIONS IS MY SECOND DIVE INTO WRITING FOR FLEX BAND. THIS PIECE TAKES IDEAS THAT I PRESENT FROM MY FIRST STRING QUARTET AND IT ALLOWS THE STUDENTS TO DIVE INTO JAZZ HARMONY WHILE ALSO BEING Conscious OF THEIR DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES. EVERY PART PLAYS A UNIQUE ROLE IN THE HARMONIC LANGUAGE AND I BEGAN STUDYING THIS IDEA OF UNIQUE FOUR-PART HARMONIES WHILE LISTENING TO THE MUSIC OF MASAHI HAMAUZU. I RECOMMEND LISTENING TO THE MUSIC OF FINAL FANTASY 13 TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS STYLE OF MUSIC CAN SWAY AND DANCE. PART 1: - FLUTE - OBOE - CLARINET IN B-FLAT PART 2: - FLUTE - OBOE - CLARINET IN B-FLAT - TRUMPET IN B-FLAT PART 3: - ALTO SAXOPHONE - FRENCH HORN IN F PART 4: - BASSOON - TENOR SAXOPHONE - TROMBONE/EUPHONIUM - TUBA PERCUSSION: - WINDCHIMES - RAINSTICK - BASS DRUM - SNARE DRUM - SUSPENDED CYMBAL PART STRUCTURE:
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