Au sommet de sa carrière de compositrice et d?interprète Taylor Swift a sorti son album 1989 en hommage au son et au style de la musique pop des années 1980. Ce medley divertissant pour de jeunes joueurs comprend les tubes Wildest Dreams Blank Space et Shake it Off.

This large-scale three-movement work commissioned by Ray Cramer and the Indiana University Wind Ensemble embodies the transformation of silence into sound. The opening movement is sparse utilizing mallet percussion harp andpiano to create a floating sense of timelessness. Featuring extensive solo flute this floating texture gradually builds over several minutes ultimately launching itself into a grandiose warm harmonically consonant blanket ofsound. The second movement continues the focus on solo flute and again opens slowly gradually gaining momentum but at a faster pace than in the first movement. The music spirals upward and outward but instead of reaching aplateau winds itself out and comes to a grinding halt in the upper range of the ensemble. Five brief solemn chords conclude the movement which immediately erupts into Movement III music of unceasing unsettling motion propelled by a driving ostinato which is repeatedly interrupted by bittersweet moments of lyricism all the while pushing toward an unforgiving climax. The movements may also be performed separately. There is no explicit narrativeto the piece though many particular elements do have personal quasi-biographical significance. Ultimately this is music of both personal and musical transformation.NOTE: This work is available as a rental item directlyfrom the composer. For details e-mail rental@stevenbryant.com. The score is also available separately for purchase from Hal Leonard.

The Mayor?s Blues est un blues en douze mesures aux couleurs sonores multiples. Brillant puissant et mystérieux la texture offre un vaste espace de jeu pour l?ensemble des pupitres de la formation avant d?entreprendre une plongée enthousiaste fascinante et corsée dans l?univers du blues?