Michael Goodman
A Gaggle for clarinet choir
Š2020 Unanimous Productions
Instrumentation E b Clarinet 3 B b Clarinet Bass Clarinet
Repeat until the line stops.
Unless the fermata indicate a duration of the hold, all fermatas are treated as normal.
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Fermata longer than 10 seconds.
Program Notes My apartment backyard has a gaggle of geese that relax by a large pond. Everyday, I see them as they communicate loudly throughout the day; making me smile. One day during the COVID-19 pandemic, I recorded the geese and I transcribed the recording into a piece for clarinet choir. Highly recommended for university and professional clarinet choir.
Duration ca. 7:00
Transposed Score
A Gaggle
Peaceful = 65
E b Clarinet
B b Clarinet 1
Michael Goodman
B b Clarinet 3
Bass Clarinet
B b Clarinet 2
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
9
(2+2+3)
5
B b Cl. 2
ca. 13"
3
3
ca. 40"
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2 14
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
19
E b Cl.
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
Pushing = 153
Do not match with each other rhythmically.
Gathering = 124
24
Keep tempo at = 124
Keep tempo at = 124
Keep tempo at = 124
30
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
B b Cl. 1
3
34
E b Cl.
ca. 15"
3
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
39
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
3
4
3
45
E b Cl.
rall.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
Gathering = 124
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
The Masses Gather = 90
. .
54
E b Cl.
ca. 15"
∏ Do not match with each other rhythmically.
50
..
..
..
..
5 58
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B. Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
66
E b Cl.
62
B b Cl. 3
3
6 E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
(2+3)
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
(dim.) (dim.)
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
(dim.)
(dim.)
rall.
3
dim. dim.
Pushing = 148
3
dim.
76
(dim.)
Heavy = 108
accel.
B b Cl. 1
E b Cl.
(dim.)
B. Cl.
73
E b Cl.
Slow, yet Active = 72
70
Heavy = 108 E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
..
maintain rhythm at = 108 until measure 86.
..
79
Light = 80
rall.
3
(dim.)
3
3
3
3
7
3
3
3
82
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
do not match rhythmically. 3
B. Cl.
3
3
3
B b Cl. 3
3
3
3
3
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
86
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
rit.
a tempo
3
8 E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
90
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
3
rit.
Pacing = 93
ca. 7"
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
E b Cl.
98
E b Cl.
94
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
102
E b Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
B b Cl. 1
B b Cl. 2
B b Cl. 3
B. Cl.
accel.
Quick and Light = 115
ca. 7"
3
accel.
3 3
107
E b Cl.
Peaceful = 65
3
9