Summer Suite

for Trumpet

with accompaniment for String Quartet or Saxophone Quartet or Piano
or String Orchestra or Chamber Orchestra with optional percussion

Awarded Honorable Mention in the 2010 Pathways Contest by Imagine Music Publishing

Matt Burke & piano	Popsicle Rocket Sunrise	Still Life with Melon & Sand	Red Cherry Lark
Matt Swihart & string quartet (Benson Veselinovic Archibald & Rieck)	Popsicle Rocket Sunrise	Still Life with Melon & Sand	Red Cherry Lark
Gianluigi Petrarulo & Fiatinsieme Sax Quartet	Popsicle Rocket Sunrise	Still Life with Melon & Sand	Red Cherry Lark
Alex Noppe & the Chamber Orchestra of the University of Louisiana - Monroe	Popsicle Rocket Sunrise	Still Life with Melon & Sand	Red Cherry Lark

Summer Suite is an outstanding piece. A work of great depth and beauty! – Richard Harris, Washington, D.C., trumpeter A modal work suggestive of English folk melodies with pandiatonic contrapuntal texture, reminiscent of the music of Frank Bridge and early Britten. – Art Gottschalk, Chair of Composition & Theory, Shepherd School of Music
Sheet music With piano or string quartet: Art of Sound Music With sax quartet: Burke & Bagley. For orchestral arrangements, email Burke & Bagley.
*Summer Suite* was composed for Brian Chin (Seattle, Washington), Nathaniel Mayfield (Austin, Texas), Bryan Appleby-Wineberg (Glassboro, New Jersey), Adrian Kelly (Perth, Australia), Marco Esperti (Italy), and Matt Burke (Manchester, U.K.). The world premiere performance was given at the Seattle Composers Salon on May 1, 2009, by Brian Chin, trumpet; Steve Creswell and Kim Zabelle, violins; Eva Sheie, viola; and Brad Hawkins, cello. The recordings with piano were made in January 2009 by British trumpeter Matt Burke playing over a computer-generated piano part. The recordings with string quartet were made by trumpeter Matthew Swihart, Teo Benson & Miodrag Veselinovic, violins, Amber Archibald, viola, and Dylan Rieck, cello, at Jack Straw Productions studios, Seattle, on April 25, 2010. The recordings with sax quartet were made in March 2011 by trumpeter Gianluigi Petrarulo and the Fiatinsieme Sax Quartet.

Performance History Brian Chin May 1, 2009 Seattle Composers Salon Chapel Performance Space, Seattle Premiered May 1, 2009, by trumpeter Brian Chin accompanied by a string quartet comprised of Steve Creswell, Kim Zabelle, Eva Sheie, and Brad Hawkins
	Nathaniel Mayfield July 6, 2009: American Festival for the Arts, Houston October 13, 2009: Texas A&M Premiered with piano accompaniment July 6, 2009, by trumpeter Nathaniel Mayfield and pianist Julie Loeb Sachs at the American Festival for the Arts, Houston, Texas October 13, 2009, by trumpeter Nathaniel Mayfield and pianist Andrea Imhoff at St. Thomas Church, Texas A&M University
Adrian Kelly July 28, 2009 Ellington Jazz Club Perth, Australia Australian premiere of Popsicle Rocket Sunrise on July 28, 2009, by trumpeter Adrian Kelly and pianist Stephanie Nicholls.
	Jean Christophe Dobrzelewski September 27, 2009 Composer's Voice Concert Series New York City September 27, 2009, by trumpeter Jean Christophe Dobrzelewski and pianist Carl Cranmer, Composers Voice Concert Series, Jan Hus Presbyterian Church, New York
Matt Swihart March 5, 2010 Society of Composers Conference University of Puget Sound, Tacoma March 5, 2010, "Still Life with Melon & Sand" and "Red Cherry Lark" performed by Matt Swihart at the Society of Composers Region 8 Conference at Puget Sound University in Tacoma, Washington, accompanied by a string quartet comprised of Teo Benson and Miodrag Veselinovic, violins, Amber Archibald, viola, and Dylan Reick, cello.
	Timothy M. Altman October 5, 2010 Moore Hall Auditorium University of North Carolina at Pembroke Pembroke, NC North Carolina premiere October 5, 2010, by Timothy M. Altman and pianist Elizabeth Maisonpierre.
James Ackley October 11, 2010 School of Music Recital Hall University of South Carolina Columbia, SC South Carolina premiere October 11, 2010, by James Ackley and pianist Joseph Rackers.
	Bryan Appleby-Wineberg Rowan University String Ensemble, George Atanasiu conducting November 30, 2010: Pfleeger Concert Hall, Glassboro, NJ December 8, 2010: The Bourse Building, Philadelphia, PA World premiere of the arrangement for trumpet and string orchestra of "Popsicle Rocket Sunrise."
Alex Noppe Univ. of Louisiana - Monroe Chamber Orchestra Dr. Jason Rinehart, conducting April 5, 2011 University of Louisiana - Monroe World premiere of the arrangement for trumpet & chamber orchestra.
	Greg Simon April 24, 2011 St. Paul's Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado Colorado premiere of Popsicle Rocket Sunrise and Red Cherry Lark by trumpeter/composer Greg Simon with pianist Allison Olsson.

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