Concert Music
Geminids
Trombone Octet + Electronics (2019)
Info:
Commissioned by the Franklin High School Band for the Music For All Chamber Music National Festival
Program Note:
The Geminids is one of the most prominent meteor showers each year. At its peak in mid-December, up to 160 meteors can be seen per hour. I have many memories with this particular shower, staying up late into the night to watch it with friends several times over the years. In this work, we see a single unified figure become broken up and disfigured, just like the 3200 Phaethon asteroid breaking into meteors and burning up in our atmosphere.
Instrumentation:
6 tbn, 2 bass tbn, electronics (Max/MSP)
Duration: c. 4’
Performance History
- Cole Bartels
University of Wisconsin Madison
November 7, 2020
- Franklin High School Trombone Ensemble
Music For All: Chamber Music National Conference
Indiana, IN
March 14, 2019