Moon by Night

for band and optional chorus
(2001)
Duration: 4'
INTERMEDIATE

Winner of the 2003 NBA/Merrill Jones Memorial Young Band Composition Award

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.

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

See also Moon By Night for SATB chorus.

An errata list is available to correct early editions of this work.

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RECENT PERFORMANCES

Millersville University Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, Lyte Auditorium, Millersville PA, COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE, Jonathan Newman conducting - Apr 17 2009

ASU Wind Ensemble, Arizona State University Gammage Auditorium, Tempe AZ, Wayne Bailey, conductor - Apr 16 2009

LOC Wind Ensemble, Mundelein Auditorium, Loyola University Chicago, - Apr 15 2009