Roaring Fork for sextet - Score and Parts PDF
From the composer:
Roaring Fork was written for a special Exchange concert presented by the New World Symphony. In anticipation of a weekend of concerts devoted to Charles Ives, New World commissioned four composers: David T. Little, Timothy Andres, Daniel Manoiu and myself, to write works that somehow tied into Charles Ives' music. My piece, Roaring Fork, is based on Ives' The Housatonic at Stockbridge (from his Three Places in New England) in combination with my own experiences with the Roaring Fork river in the Colorado Rockies. My piece evokes a topographical journel along the river, capturing its essential features in music. Using bass instruments, folk melodies and special techniques, I make a musical-historic recreation of experiences from melting snow, to whitewater rapids, to the confluence with the Colorado River. This commission was made possible by the American Composers Forum with funds from the Jerome Foundation.
18 pages; duraiton 5'; instrumentation: b.cl., hn, perc., hp, vc, cb
