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Ships' Passing (RENTAL)

SKU: JLS-014-R
$350.00
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Composer: Jamie Leigh Sampson


Duration: 10:30


Scoring: Wind Ensemble


Materials: rental parts (9 x 12) and one full score (11 x 17)


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Program Note

When you stand next to the water on the St. Lawrence River, or one of the five Great Lakes, you can feel an approaching ship long before you can see it. What begins as a low rumble grows to a mechanical, metallic, repetitive drone that interacts and dances with the natural sounds of the waterways. On rare occurrences two ships will pass each other in front of you, and when that happens at night it’s an incredibly memorable and musical experience.

The container ships that make their way along the Northeast shipping routes of the US have come from all over the world. They may interact with the natural surroundings on the waterways, but they are separate communities from those on the shore. These floating cities have passed me for my entire life. I frequently traveled to the St. Lawrence River as a child; I was married there while a ship passed, and I know that when I see a one in Toledo, Detroit, or Chicago that it had to have passed a place I call home to get there.
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— Jamie Leigh Sampson
Reproduction Notice:
This program note may be freely reproduced in concert programs, provided that proper credit is given to the composer.

Instrumentation:
Instrument list:
Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
English Horn
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
E-flat Clarinet
4 B-flat Clarinets
Bass Clarinet
2 Alto Saxophones
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone

Harp
Piano

4 Horns in F
3 B-flat Trumpets 
2 Tenor Trombones
1 Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba

Timpani
6 Percussionists:
Percussion 1: Seed Shell Shaker • Tubular Bells • Suspended Cymbal • Marimba • Toms
Percussion 2: Bass Drum • Wooden Wind Chimes • Claves
Percussion 3: Anvil or Break Drum • Tam Tam • Wooden Wind Chimes
Percussion 4: Woodblocks • Snare Drum • Crash Cymbals • Temple Blocks • Triangle
Percussion 5: Temple Blocks • Tam Tam • Crash Cymbals
Percussion 6: Xylophone • Field Drum • Mark Tree • Woodblocks