Wind Ensemble

Brass Choir

Incomplete Control (2007) for brass and percussion
Anniversary Fanfare (2003)
Out From Under (2000) for brass and percussion

Duration: 7’00”
Instrumentation: 6 tpt, 4 hn, 4 tbn, 2 bar, 2 tba, timp, 2 perc

First three score pages (pdf)

Excerpt 1            Excerpt 2             Excerpt 3

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Out From Under is my first work for brass choir, written while I was a doctoral student in Cincinnati. The CCM Brass Choir director, Tim Northcut, not only encouraged me to write the piece for his group but even granted me a preliminary reading session of portions of the piece during its construction – an invaluable experience for any young composer! The piece was premiered by that group in May 2000. A month later, it was performed by the Monarch Brass as part of the International Women's Brass Conference and was subsequently included on the group's first CD. The piece provides many opportunities for a group and its players to show off. It demands a very high level of ensemble virtuosity with sixteenth-note runs in all the instruments. It also showcases several soloists, particularly the tuba player whose solo drives us toward the fast section of the piece. 

Contact the composer directly to inquire about score/parts: mikedambrosio@gmail.com

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