Chunk

a funk for winds and percussion
(2003)
Duration: 6'15"
PROFESSIONAL

Picc, 2Fl, 2Ob, 2Bsn, 3Clar, BClar, 2ASax, TSax, BSax, 3Trpt, Flglhn, 4Hn, 2Trb, BTrb, Euph, 2Tba, BassGtr, Kybd, 5Perc (Xyl/Glock/Vibr/Mar/2Tri/2Bgos/Guir/ Shkr/SusCym/Whis), DrumSet

Parts available for hire. Score available for sale from OK Feel Good Music, or from Shattinger Music.

"...a well-scored delight."
--Bandworld Magazine

Funk is all around us. It has permeated every aspect of popular music and culture. What was born as a 70's counter-culture movement has grown to become the heart of any music with a beat. Sit in a coffee shop, listen to top-40's radio, shop in a department store -- it doesn't matter if it's a hip 90's club tune, or a contemporary concert music work -- you can't escape the funk. Chunk owes major favors to George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Prince, and Beck, just to name a few. We steal, because we love. Chunk was commissioned by the UNLV Wind Orchestra, and is dedicated with friendship to Thomas G. Leslie.

Chunk premiered Nov. 18, with a recording available as the title track on UNLV's CD release, "CHUNK". See the CD cover design and premiere poster.

BONUS MP3
...hot live performance by the funk-drenched St. Charles East H.S. Wind Ensemble, May 12, 2005. No-limit Chunk ... grooves HARD.