Chunk

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

Commissioned by:
the University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra, Thomas G Leslie, conductor

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

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.

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.

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

UNL Wind Ensemble, Nebraska State Bandmaster's Assoc. Convention, Carolyn Barber, conductor - Mar 05 2009

UNL Wind Ensemble, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Carolyn Barber, conductor - Mar 10 2009

Colorado State University Wind Ensemble / Michelle Stanley, flute soloist, Griffen Concert Hall, Fort Collins, CO, Miller Asbill, conductor - May 03 2009

RECENT PERFORMANCES

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wind Symphony, Widener Center for the Performing Arts, Kevin Collins, conducting - Dec 02 2008

USAF Heritage of America Band, Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, Spartanburg, SC, October tour - Oct 16 2008

USAF Heritage of America Band, Anderson University, Anderson, SC, October tour - Oct 15 2008