Night

"Night" is the result of a collaborative project between the composer and the 6th grade beginning band directed by his wife in Morton, Illinois. The students in her band class each write an eight-measure melody as a composition project which is part of the beginning band curriculum.

The class voted on the best melody, and the winner was "Majestic Night, Oh Winter Night". The students then observed how this melody was developed by the composer into a concert band piece that they would perform later that year.

Compositional terms such as repetition, fragmentation, and augmentation could then be taught to the 6th graders in a new piece for young band that was written just for them.

Included are:

• Score
• Flute
• Oboe
• B-flat Clarinet 1
• B-flat Clarinet 2
• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone 1
• E-flat Alto Saxophone 2
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet 1
• B-flat Trumpet 2
• F Horn
• Trombone / Baritone B.C. / Bassoon
• Baritone T.C.
• Tuba
• Bells
• Percussion 1
• Percussion 2
• Percussion 3
• Percussion 4
• Timpani