OK Feel Good
General Info
Year: 1999
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: OK Feel Good Music
Cost: Parts (Rental) - $300.00 | Score Only (Purchase) - $34.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Trombone III (bass)
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Contrabass (and/or Electric Bass)
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Conga
- Cowbells (4)
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Guiro
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Roto-Toms
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes (glass)
- Wood Blocks (5)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
OK Feel Good is the result of an opportunity to write for the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. The friendship and camaraderie I experienced that summer imposed itself onto my writing—so the work grew into a colorful rhythmic playground, presented with a grin and a wink. In 1999, at the request of Eric Whitacre, I transcribed the work for winds and percussion. My wish is that the original sense of glorified game-show music has been unaltered, and hopefully even amplified.
- Program Notes by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: University of Nevada at Las Vegas Wind Orchestra (Thomas G. Leslie, conductor)
- Audio CD: UNLV Wind Orchestra (Thomas G. Leslie, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Atlanta (Ga.) Youth Wind Symphony (Scott A. Stewart, conductor) - 01 December 2007
- Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Robert Ambrose, conductor) - 16 November 2006
- University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (John Lynch, conductor) - 05 November 2006
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 3 O'Clock Mix (2012)
- 1861 (2004)
- As the scent of spring rain (2003)
- Avenue X (2005)
- Blow It Up, Start Again (2012)
- Climbing Parnassus (2008)
- Concertino (2007)
- Chunk
- De Profundis
- Moon by Night (2001)
- Novel Romance (2018)
- OK Feel Good
- Pi’ilani and Ko’olau (2019)
- The Rivers of Bowery (2005)
- Single (2013)
- Sowing Useful Truths
- Symphony No. 1 (2009)
- Tender Hearts (2019)
- Uncle Sid