Scène de Notre Dame

2021
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Band/Wind Ensemble Music

Details

Category

Band/Wind Ensemble Music

Composed

December 2021 - January 2022

instrumentation

wind ensemble

duration

7 minutes

commissioned by

premiered

March 15, 2022 by Hendrix College Wind Ensemble; Gretchen Renshaw James, conductor

Purchase Score

Grade 3 on Instrumental Grading Scale

Program Notes

After the 2019 Notre Dame cathedral fire, I began thinking deeply about the musical history of the building and how thousands of people have worshiped there. In this piece, I depict this by utilizing organ-like textures and chant themes that symbolize what choirs could sing there. Overall, it's a portrait of the cathedral in all of its glory.