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

University of Texas Symphony Band, Bates Recital Hall, Austin TX, Damon S. Talley, conductor - May 02 2010

Concert Band IIA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Jeffrey T. Daeschler, conductor - Apr 30 2010

Van Tech Senior Concert Band, Van Tech Auditorium, - Apr 07 2010