Moon By Night

for band and optional chorus
Winner of the 2003 NBA/Merrill Jones Memorial
Young Band Composition Award
(2001)
Duration: 4'20"
INTERMEDIATE

Picc, 2Fl, 2Ob, 2Bsn, EbClar, 3Clar, BClar, 2ASax, TSax, Bax, 2Trp, 4Hn, 2Trb, Bar, 2Tba, Cb, Timp, Perc1 (Glock/ 'C'Gong), Perc2 (Vibr/ SusCym/ WChim), Perc3 (Mar/ BDr), Perc4 (Crot/ TubBells/ Tri)

Published by Wingert-Jones Music.

Moon by Night is a modular work, as it is performable as a work for band and chorus, band alone, chorus and piano, or chorus a cappella. The text is the King James translation of Psalm 121, and the title is an image directly quoted from the psalm. The theme of the work is not sacred, however---it should be more like a hymn-like tone poem; a simple, straightforward chorale with long unending lines, where the text serves only to create an evocative mood.

BONUS MP3
...version for Band and Chorus

Moon by Night was premiered by the Sterling Municipal Symphony Band in Sterling, IL, on June 27, 2001, with Eric Whitacre conducting.

"BCM SAVES THE WORLD" cd available from Amazon.com.

Rutgers University Wind Ensemble recording, "AMERICAN IMAGES" available from Amazon.com