Concert Band: Overture for the Great Hall

Greetings! 

Here's a large concert band piece I originally wrote in 1999. I decided to rewrite this in 2008 after finishing my masters degree, but I later decided that I wasn't completely satisfied with that version when it premiered in April 2009 (which I posted about, so you can hear the 2009 version here), so I did one more rewrite in 2018 after more experience. Now I think that I might finally be satisfied with this version. I plan to publish in the coming years. It was supposed to premier last April 2019, but then Covid happened, so here we are.

The work is basically four sections: an introduction of the main theme, a fast section, a lyrical section, and a conclusion that recapitulates the main theme. I composed this in Finale and recorded the audio file through Finale with the Note Performer sound library, which I highly recommend for Strings and Winds (not so much for Marching Band Percussion, though there's a way to record a VST drumline separately from a Note Performer Wind score and merge them in Audacity - would love if anyone from the Note Performer crew is reading and could work to include a drumline in their next upgrade if that's not already in the works). 

Hope you enjoy the work! 

Great work, as always.

You're a brilliant orchestrator, I love the rhythm changes and syncopes.

Two things bothered me though-

1. I might just be sensitive to higher frequencies (idk if you remember) but the triangle is too loud for me.

2. After all the interesting rhythmic accompaniment these: 

were quite a let down.

1. You’re probably just sensitive to higher frequencies, but I’ll see if I can bring it down in the mix just for you 😉

2. Not all motor rhythms syncopate or do other kinds of “fancy” things. Some motor rhythms just need to do their job without much fuss. Sorry that let you down. 😢