JUMP START (2010)

For Wind Ensemble

Commissioned by Timothy Reynish

Published by Maecenas Music (UK)

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Program Note: (see below for Recordings and Video)

"Jump Start" was not only inspired by the bursting energy of the spark needed to "jump-start" a vehicle, but also by the individual words of "jump" and "start" which instilled a feeling of leaping to go. The piece bustles with a jazzy, lively energy and features an angular, leaping melody filled with starts and stops that occur in fits and spurts. The melody runs throughout the piece and is explored not only through jazzy big-band flourishes and weaving textures, but also through warmly glowing, reflective and slightly bluesy chords that peacefully linger and allow the melody's lyrical qualities to shine.

  

 

Recording/Video:

Click here for a streaming video of “Jump Start” with the Cornell Wind Symphony

(conducted by Eric Nathan)

Performers:
Cornell University Wind Symphony

Eric Nathan, conductor

 

Total duration: 7 minutes

 

 

Past performances:

1. -Reading Area Concert Band, L. Cathy Laney, conductor at the BASBWE London Festival 2011 (March 27, 2011)
   

2. -Keene State College Concert Band, James Chesebrough, conductor (November 3, 2011)
   

3. -Cornell University Wind Symphony, Eric Nathan, conductor (November 13, 2010)
   

4. -Banda Sociale di Cavalese, Andrea Operaio Gasperin, conductor (January 6, 2012)
   

5. -New York Area All-State Wind Ensemble (February 4, 2012)
   

6. -New Jersey All-State Symphonic Band (February 25, 2012)