Scène de Notre Dame (2022)

for Wind Ensemble

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Composed December 2021 - January 2022

 

7 Minutes

Grade 3 on Instrumental Grading Scale.

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Premiere

Hendrix College Wind Ensemble; Gretchen Renshaw James conducting – March 15, 2022

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Program note:

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.