Concert Band (Grade 5). Price is for the license to reproduce one copy of the full conductor’s score and complete set of parts from downloaded PDFs.

sample score

Phoenix was composed for Bobby Francis and the TCU Wind Symphony. Cast in three movements (I. Spark; II. Silhouette; III. Dawn), the music represents ideas from a haiku poem that a friend and I wrote earlier in the year. In the first movement, a driving march-like accompaniment supports swirling fragments and melodic lines. The second movement is more chorus-like and sweet, representing reflection and transformation. In the third movement, the march returns, but has changed into a triple meter; the central theme, which rises up throughout the movement, is triumphant and reborn.