Icebreaker Composed by Tom Harrold
Music for Brass Band Duration: 4:30 Minutes Percussion: 2 Players Drum Kit, Bass Drum and Tam-tam
Š 2014 www.superbrass.co.uk
Icebreaker Icebreaker is scored for brass dectet and percussion and was completed in March 2012. The work begins with tumultuous fanfare, shrouded by thick chords in the lower brass. This fanfare-like material leads to a biting statement from the trombones. An ‘icy’ gritty section, once again played by the trombones grows in energy, punctuated by the return of the fanfares. The horns, providing a little respite, emerge in a quiet restrained line, which is coloured by the rest of the ensemble. Before fully coming to fruition, the horn line is quickly cut-short and subsumed by the sudden return of the energetic material from the other instruments, which grows to the end of the piece. Tom Harrold Scottish composer Tom Harrold (b.1991) is a scholarship student at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, under the tutelage of Gary Carpenter and Adam Gorb. His music has been played by ensembles from the BBC Scottish Symphony, BBC Symphony, Scottish Chamber, Aurora and Birmingham Festival Orchestras, WorldBrass, the Eris Ensemble, the Endymion Ensemble, Trinity Boys Choir, BBC Singers, Exaudi, Ebor Singers and Icarus Vocal Ensemble. Tom has worked as an arranger for Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie. Notable performances of Tom’s music include two BBC Proms performances, a multi-date tour throughout Germany by WorldBrass and a commission for the Fifth Summit of the Americas. Winner of the BBC Proms / Guardian Young Composers’ Competition (2007), twice winner of the SCO’s National ICompose Competition (2001/11), twice shortlisted in the NCEM / BBC Radio 3 Young Composers’ Award (2009/10) and Highly Commended in the International Composition Competition fro Choirs (20110. Tom’s current projects include a commission for the Maxwell String Quartet, collaboration with the Aurora Percussion Due, a commission for Total Brass and a tuba concerto for Nick Etheridge and Desford Colliery Brass Band. A winner of the Christopher Brooks memorial Prize, Tom is Composer-in-Residence with the Lancashire Sinfonietta for their 20012/13 season. Additionally Tom was awarded the Edward Hecht Prize for Composition by the RNCM. Tom receives financial support from the Dewar Arts Award. Prior to studying at the RNCM, Tom studied piano and composition at the Music School of Douglas Academy. Superbrass Music Since the start of Superbrass in early 2005, I have strived to commission new original compositions and arrangements for brass and percussion. Superbrass Music is committed to developing accessible new music for brass of the very highest quality. Illegal photocopying denies composers and publishers of their rightful revenue. A lack of revenue deters publishers from investing in new commissions. ALL MUSICIANS suffer the consequences of illegal photocopying. The future is in your hands. Now that you have the facts, you can help the future of the creative music world. If you do happen upon any errors please let me know by contacting me personally at info@superbrass.co.uk Roger Argente / Artistic Director
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Composed and Arranged by Tom Harrold Edited by Roger Argente
Icebreaker Soprano Cornet
q = 110, Driven
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Euph
Eb Bass Bb Bass
Timps Perc
Drms
f
ff
ff
p
f
rip
rip
f
p
p
f
f
p
rip
f
fff
rip
rip
p
mf
choke
l.v.
f
p
ff
rip
rip
fff
fff
fff
fff
fff
fff
f
f
p
f
fff
3
f
p
p
fff
fff
f
fff
fff
p
fff
f
p
fff
fff
rip
p
25
rip
f
f
3
3
rip
mf
p
f
mf
3rd Cor
2nd Cor
rip
fff
fff
damp
fff
damp ff
rim-shot
fff