Electric Beauty (2025)

for Orchestra

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Composed January/May 2025

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7 Minutes

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Instrumentation: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, 2 Percussion, Strings

 

Percussion 1: Suspended Cymbal

Percussion 2: Tam-tam, Bass Drum

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World Premiere:

Utah Youth Orchestra; Quinn Mason conducting - June 11, 2025 (League of American Orchestras National Conference)

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Subsequent performances:

New Jersey Youth Symphony; Helen H. Cha-Pyo conducting - February 15, 2026​

Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra; Ken Selden conducting - February 18, 2026

Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestra; Quinn Mason conducting - March 1, 2026

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Program Note:

Electric Beauty was composed in tribute to Barb Scowcroft and the Utah Youth Orchestra. The piece is in 3 distinct sections, mostly focusing on orchestral texture. The piece maintains an energetic character, and also features a lyrical middle section. The piece is a tribute to the collaborative power of the orchestra, with less emphasis on solos and more on the cohesion of sections.