Spark!
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 5:25
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $16.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Brake Drum
- Chimes
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Whip
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
It only takes a spark to start something big. Set around a six-note motif, Spark! represents the chain of events that can happen as an idea is brought to life from a singular seed. The piece evolves from this idea and eventually takes on a life of its own, growing organically as the piece proceeds to its full-blown, exciting conclusion.
- Program Note from publisher
For my wife Arrianne. Who continues to be the spark of inspiration in my life.
- Program Note from score
Awards
This work won the 2016 Claude T. Smith Composition Contest. The contest honors composers under the age of 30.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- All That We Hold Dear (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Celestial Body (Adaptable Band) (2019/2020)
- Curtain in the Sky (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2018)
- Excelsior! (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Forge (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
All Wind Works
- All That We Hold Dear (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Beyond the Scope (2012)
- Bursts of Joy (2023)
- Celestial Body (Adaptable Band) (2019/2020)
- Curtain in the Sky (2016/2018)
- Curtain in the Sky (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2018)
- Duality (2023)
- Excelsior! (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Forge (2019)
- Forge (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- The Great Machine. See: Symphony No. 1
- Inner Workings (2023)
- Libertango (as arranger) (1974/)
- Milestones (2020)
- Millennium Fanfare (2011)
- New Horizons. See: Symphony No. 2
- Phase Shift (2019)
- Reflections (2019)
- Sonic Fanfare (2018)
- Spark! (2015)
- Stalacpipes (2025)
- Symphony No. 1 (2009/2021)
- Symphony No. 2 (2012)
- UFO March (2024)
- Under the Night Sky in the Philippines (2023)
- What Remains Is Love (2026)
Resources
- "Claude T. Smith Contest Winner." The Instrumentalist, December 2015, p. 12.
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 72/4 (November, 2017), p. 26.
- Perusal score
- Robert Langenfeld website. Accessed 30 September 2019