Myth
General Info
Year: 2005
Duration: c. 6:01
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Montoya Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $105.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Bongos
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba (4.3)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbals
- Tam-Tam
- Tambourine
- Tom Drums (medium and large)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Woodblock
Program Notes
As children, we grew up with stories of kings & queens, wizards, dragons, unicorns and Gods & Goddesses. Everyone remembers different characters and adventures, and we each hold a different story dear to our hearts. Myth is written to recall these stories and images in the listener’s minds.
While there are no sections that directly reference specific myths, legends or fairy tales, one can imagine certain passages in the music acting as a soundtrack to our “bedtime stories.” The piece ends on a happy yet unresolved note, echoing the common fairy tale ending, “…and they lived happily ever after.”
Myth is Montoya’s second work for symphonic winds and is written for and dedicated to Bernard Rosenberg and the Tejeda Middle School Band.
Program Note by Daniel Montoya Jr.
Media
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Illinois (Champaign) University Band (Jeremy Sison, conductor) - 19 April 2022
- Mansfield Wind Symphony (John H. Julian, conductor) - 18 May 2008
- Mansfield Timberview High School Symphonic Band (Marcus Bryant, conductor) - 10 May 2007
- Frank M. Tejeda Middle School Wind Ensemble (Bernard Rosenberg, conductor) - October 2005
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Axe to Grind (2019)
- Catalyst (2017)
- Crystal Microphone (2007)
- Danse Moods (2002)
- Einstein on 6th Street (Saxophone quartet) (2016)
- Einstein on 6th Street (2016/2017)
- Get On Up (2019)
- Hoverboard (2016)
- Kwyjibo (2011)
- Light the Fuse (2014)
- ...my consciousness (2015)
- My Life, My Legacy
- Myth (2005)
- Red Hilled Crown (2019)
- Release the Hounds (2012)
- Second Time Is Forever, The (2015)
- Señora
- Winter's First Whisper (2008)
- X (2013)
Resources
- Montoya Music Accessed 16 April 2022
- Perusal score