Grand Imperial Promenade

& Whimsy

For 13-part Brass Ensemble

Duration: ca. 6 minutes

Demo Recording: Grand Imperial Promenade & Whimsy Grand Imperial Promenade & Whimsy

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Grand Imperial Promenade & Whimsy, composed in 2014 for the Purchase Brass Ensemble, evokes a stately procession interspersed with distractions and leading to a short, flashy burst of fireworks. The instrumentation is 4 trumpets, 4 horns in F, 2 trombones, bass trombone, euphonium and tuba.

Grand Imperial Promenade & Whimsy was selected for performance at the 2015 Region VI Conference of the Society of Composers, Inc.

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Sheet music for Grand Imperial Promenade & Whimsy is available from Art of Sound Music.

Performance History

November 9, 2014: The Purchase Brass Ensemble, under Peter Reit, gave the world premiere of Grand Imperial Promenade & Whimsy on the Composer's Voice Concert Series at the Jan Hus Church in New York.

December 7, 2014: The Purchase Brass Ensemble, under Peter Reit, at SUNY-Purchase College Conservatory of Music Recital Hall, Purchase, New York.

April 21, 2018: Big Horn Brass under Andrew Harris at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Beaverton, Oregon.