PERUSAL SCORE - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE USE STEVEN BRYANT Bloom PERUSAL SCORE - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE USE Program Note Bloom is a celebration of springtime. The bright, sunny days, with nature in bloom all around, give me a powerful sense of well-being, simultaneously tranquil and exuberant. Bloom is my attempt to recreate that feeling. Performance Tips The work should be warm and sustained. The biggest challenges are intonation (because of the sustained tones and cluster chords, which should have a minimum of vibrato), and endurance (for younger groups). The tempo change at measure 30 shouldn’t rush - let the music flow smoothly with an unhurried sense of tranquility. Stress the overall arc of the piece, focusing on a gradual build to the climax in measure 131. The tempos are not rigid throughout, though abrupt deviations aren’t appropriate. Let it breathe. I intend for this piece to provide an atypical and more mature musical experience for younger bands than that to which they’re accustomed. Although commissioned for a middle school honor band, the piece is intended to be rewarding for ensembles of all levels. About the Composer Steven Bryant (b. 1972, Little Rock, AR) is an active composer and conductor with a varied catalog, including works for wind ensemble, orchestra, electronic and electro-acoustic creations, chamber music, and music for the web. Steven's music has been performed by numerous ensembles across the United States, as well as in England, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Germany. His first orchestral work, Loose Id for Orchestra, hailed by celebrated composer Samuel Adler as “orchestrated like a virtuoso,” was premiered by The Juilliard Symphony and will be featured on an upcoming release by the Bowling Green Philharmonia on Albany Records. His most recent orchestral work, Alchemy in Silent Spaces, commissioned by James DePreist and The Juilliard School, was premiered by the Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall in May, 2006. He studied composition with John Corigliano at The Juilliard School, Cindy McTee at the University of North Texas, and Francis McBeth at Ouachita University. More information is available at www.stevenbryant.com. NOTE: Please list your performance of this piece on my website - go to “Submit a concert” and follow the instructions from there. Also, if you discover errors, or have questions, please contact me at [email protected]. All known errata or revisions will be posted on my website (http://www.stevenbryant.com). You are also welcome to participate in online discussion regarding this and other works by BCM International at http://www.bcminternational.com/ (go to the Discussion Forum). Note: If you perform this work, please send a copy of the program from each performance, with this piece circled, to ASCAP: ATTN: Performance Credits, ASCAP Concert Division ASCAP Building, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023 Version: 1.1 Copyright © Steven Bryant / Gorilla Salad Productions (ASCAP) Made in U.S.A. All rights reserved PERUSAL SCORE - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE USE Transposed Score Steven Bryant Bloom (2004) Commissioned by the Northwest North Carolina Bandmasters Association for the All-District Middle School Symphonic Band - February 7, 2004 Adagio Flute (Picc. begins in m. 96) staggerÚ"£ breathing Flute 1 / Picc. b˙. & 43 b˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. 4 ! 43 ˙. ˙. 4 w ! 43 p stagger breathing Flute 2-3 & 43 b˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. 4 ! 43 b˙. ˙. 4 w ! 43 b˙˙. p Oboe 3 4 3 4 3 & 4 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! 4 ! ! 4 ! Bassoon ? 43 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! 4 ! ! 43 ! Clarinet in B 1 b 3 4 Ó Œ 3 4 bœ Ó Œ 3 & 4 ˙. ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ b˙. ˙. 4 œ 4 ˙ œ ˙ bœ 4 bœ ˙ œ 4 ˙ œ p Clarinet in B 2-3 b & 43 4 ! 43 4 ! 43 ˙. ˙. ˙. b˙. b˙. ˙. b˙. b˙ ˙. p ˙. ˙ Bass Clarinet & 43 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! 4 ! ! 43 ! Alto Saxophone 1-2 3 4 3 4 3 & 4 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! 4 ! ! 4 ! Tenor Saxophone & 43 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! 4 ! ! 43 ! Baritone Saxophone & 43 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! 4 ! ! 43 ! Adagio PERUSAL SCORE Trumpet in B 1 Ú"£ b 3 4 3 4 3 & 4 ! PE!RFO! RM! AN! CE! M4 AT! ER4IA!LS D! IS4TR!IBUT!ED4 ! Trumpet in B 2-3 b 3 4 3 4 3 & 4 ! ! ! ! B! Y !HA4 L !LEO4 N!ARD! 4 ! ! 4 ! 1-3 Horn in F 3 4 3 4 3 2-4 & 4 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! 4 ! ! 4 ! Trombone 1-2 ? 43 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! 4 ! ! 43 ! Euphonium 1-2 ? 43 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! 4 ! ! 43 ! Tuba ? 43 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! 4 ! ! 43 ! Adagio Timpani Ú"£ ? 43 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! 4 ! ! 43 ! Crotales 3 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 3 ! ! 4 ! ! 3 ! & 4 soft mallets 4 4 4 4 l.v. (sempre) ˙ ˙ Glockenspiel b˙ b˙ b˙ & 43 Œ ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 Œ ! 4 ! ! 43 Œ softp mallets l.v. (sempre) ˙ b˙ Vibraphone b˙ & 43 b˙ Œ ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 Œ ! 4 ! ! 43 Œ SC p Tam-tam BD ÷ 3 ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 3 ! ! 4 ! ! 3 ! 4 © Gorilla Salad Productions4 / Steven Bryant4 (ASCAP) 4 4 Made in the USA All Rights Reserved v1.1 www.stevenbryant.com PERUSAL SCORE - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE USE 2 22 stagger breathing bœ bœ bœ ˙. Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fl. 1 ˙. ˙. ˙. bœ 4 œ bœ bœ 3 b˙ b˙ b˙. ˙. & ! Œ Œ 4 4 F stagger breathing Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fl. 2-3 bœ œ bœ bœ b˙ bœ b˙ œ b˙. b˙. ˙. & ˙˙. ˙˙. ˙˙. ! Œ Œ 4 bœ 43 F Ob. bœ b˙ & ! ! ! ! ! 4 Ó Œ 43 Œ œ bœ bœ ˙. ! ! p Bsn. ? 4 3 j ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! ! b˙. b˙ œ ‰ F Cl. 1 & ˙ bœ ! Œ Œ 4 ˙ 43 œ b˙ ! ! b˙ œ ˙. œ bœ œ œ œ bœ ˙. Cl. 2-3 & ! ! 4 43 ! ! b˙. b˙. ˙. b˙ bœ œ œ bœ bœ ˙ bœ ˙. Bs. Cl. & ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! ! j‰ b˙. b˙ œ bœ ˙ bœ . F A. Sx. 1-2 4 3 œ œ ˙ ˙. & ! ! ! ! ! 4 Ó Œ 4 Œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ p F T. Sx. 4 3 œ œ œ & ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! Œ Œ œ bœ œ ˙. œ J ‰ p F B. Sx. 4 3 j & ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! ! b˙. ˙ œ ‰ F 22 Tpt. 1 ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 3 ! ! ! Œ Œ œ b˙ œ ‰ & 4 4 J Tpt. 2-3 ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 3 ! ! ! Œ Œ œ b˙ œ ‰ & 4 4 J Hn. 1-4 4 3 & ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! Œ Œ œ œ bœ ˙. œ œ bœ bœ . J ‰ p F Tbn. 1-2 ? ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 43 ! ! ! ! ! Euph. 1-2 ? 4 3 bœ . b˙ œ ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! Œ Œ b˙ J ‰ F Tb. ? 4 3 j ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! ! b˙. b˙ œ ‰ F 22 Timp. ? 4 3 ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! ! ! ! Crot. 4 3 & ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! ! ! ! Glock. 4 3 & ! ! ! ! ! 4 Ó Œ bœ 4 bœ Œ Œ Œ Œ bœ ˙. ! ! bœ bœ bœ ˙. Vib. bœ ˙ b˙ bœ œ bœ bœ b˙ bœ ˙ b˙. & ! Œ Œ bœ œ bœ b˙ b œ ˙ 4 bœ b œ 43 ˙ b˙ b œ ! ! SC ° Sus. Cym. j Tm-tm 4 3 œæ œ BD ÷ ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! 4 ! ! Œ Œ ‰ Œ Œ ! p F PERUSAL SCORE - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE USE 30 3 Flowing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Úª§ Fl. 1 ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. œ & J ‰ Œ Œ ! ! ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~f Fl. 2-3 ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. œ & J ‰ Œ Œ ! ! ! f Ob. & ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Bsn. j ? b˙ œ ‰ b˙. b˙. œ ‰ Œ Œ ! b˙. b˙. b˙. J ˙. ˙. f F Cl. 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ & ! ! ! ! ! ! œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ p Cl. 2-3 & ! ! ! ! ! ! œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ p Bs. Cl. j & j‰ ˙ œ ‰ Œ Œ ! . b˙. ˙. b˙ œ b˙. b˙ f ˙. ˙. j F A. Sx. 1-2 j ‰ Œ Œ ˙. ˙. b˙ œ b˙ œ ‰ ˙. ˙˙. œœ ! ! ! & ˙. b˙. ˙ œ ˙. J J f T. Sx. ˙. ˙. ˙ œ ˙. ˙. œ & b˙. J ‰ J ‰ Œ Œ ! ! ! f B. Sx. j b˙ œ ‰ b˙. ˙. œ ‰ Œ Œ ! & b˙. ˙. ˙. J ˙. ˙. f F 30 Flowing Úª§ Tpt. 1 Œ Œ œ œ bœ. j bœ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ bœ œ œ j ‰ Œ Œ ! ! ! & bœ bœ œ J bœ œ J bœ œ œ ˙. œ f Tpt. 2-3 Œ Œ œ œ bœ. j bœ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ bœ œ œ j ‰ Œ Œ ! ! ! & bœ bœ œ J bœ œ J bœ œ œ ˙. œ f j Hn. 1-4 ˙ œ b˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ & ˙. b˙. b˙ ˙ œ ‰ ˙. bœ œ œ ! ! ! ! b˙. J Tbn. 1-2 b˙. ˙. ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! b˙. ˙. F Euph. 1-2 b˙ œ ? . b˙ œ ˙. b˙ œ b˙. b˙. ˙. b˙ J ‰ J ‰ J ‰ Œ Œ ! b ˙ ˙ f F Tb. j ? j‰ . b˙ œ ‰ b˙. b˙. œ ‰ Œ Œ ! b˙. b˙ œ b˙ J ˙. ˙. f F 30 Flowing Úª§ Timp. ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Crot. & ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! med. soft mallets Glock. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & ! ! ! ! ! ! bœ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ p Vib. & ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! SC Tm-tm ˙ œj BD ÷ ! ! ! ! ! Œ æ ‰ Œ Œ ! ! ! # f PERUSAL SCORE - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE USE 4 bœ ˙ Fl. 1 œ bœ bœ œ. œ & ! ! ! ! Œ ‰ J J Œ ! ! F bœ ˙. œ Fl. 2-3 œ bœ J & ! ! ! ! Œ ‰ J ‰ Œ Œ ! ! F Ob. œ bœ bœ ˙. œ & ! ! ! ! Œ ‰ J J ‰ Œ Œ ! ! F Bsn. ? j‰ j‰ ˙. ˙ œ ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙ œ ˙. ˙. ˙. œ ˙. œ Cl. 1 œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ & Cl. 2-3 œ & œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ Bs.