Through These Woods - Concert Band

Catalog: W-498

Price: $120.00

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Description

"Through These Woods...was written for the North Hills High School Band commissioning series in 2019 - Len Lavelle & Lucas Beaver, Directors.  When Len asked me to create a new work for the series, we met to discuss the project with the opportunity to catch up on the relevant happenings of our lives.  Len shared with me that he took some time during the spring to hike the Appalachian Trail.  Through the summer I returned to a trail not far from where I lived in Appalachia at the time.  It stuck with me after the initial meeting, that many of us share a feeling of being called back to the natural world when seeking freedom from the grind of daily life, and that thought was used as a catalyst for this piece.

I believe as a species we crave this return to the natural world.  This tends to manifest in different ways for each of us.  As a whole we are nto far from the collective realization that we must engineer our society to become more practical to the natural world. Perhaps the next step in our pursuit of happiness lies waiting for us to connect to it.  There is a clarifying ppower in a hike through the woods.

This piece starts with a call by the ensemble, as if we are standing at the trailhead.  The coloring of this environment in hues of green, brown, and gold is what we become aware of first.  Then, the sounds, and subtle movements of our surroundings.  How the light has personality of play in th woods to create moments of levity and awe.  The themes, of which we only had glimpses until this point, become more clear and stated with certainty.  The rest of th ejourney musically reflects this perception of the natural world aroudn us, as well as the jouney inward as we travel through these woods..."

-Robert Traugh, composer

Concert Band, Grade level 4 - score and parts included
Duration - 7:00

Robert Traugh ยท "Through These Woods..." for Wind Ensemble

Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Composer/Author: Traugh, Robert
Catalog Number: W-498

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