PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS

The opening measure with the improvisation can be eliminated or extended to the director’s taste.

Directors are also welcome to thin out the number of players per part in certain sections to expand the textural and dynamic range of the piece. Even though the piece is written with four parts, the instrumentation suggestions are merely guidelines, and the number of players used is entirely up to the discretion of the director.

Here are some examples of ways in which you could adjust this piece to fit your own needs:

• Placing repeats in places to extend the length of the piece

• Expanding or reducing the number of players in various sections to reflect the dynamics or form of the work

• Opening up sections of a piece over which students or guest artists may improvise

• Having players change instruments within their given family as the piece progresses

• Adjusting the form of the work to start big, small, or however best fits the performance