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Chunk

a funk for winds and percussion

  • Year

    2003

  • Duration

    06:00

  • Level

    Professional

  • Perusal Score

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  • Complete Recording

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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.

Genres:   Winds

Subgenres:   Large Ensemble

Instrumentation

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

Commissioned by

The University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra – Thomas G Leslie

Press

“…a well-scored delight.” -Bandworld Magazine

Recorded on

  1. Chunk

Recent Performances

  • November 30, 2022 - Glenn Korff School of Music Wind Ensemble at Kimball Recital Hall, University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Conducted by Carolyn Barber.
  • October 6, 2021 - The University of Texas at Austin Symphony Band at Bates Recital Hall, Austin, TX. Conducted by Cliff Croomes.
  • April 30, 2020 - Bowling Green State University Concert Band at Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center, BGSU. Conducted by Dr. Kenneth Wayne Thompson. POSTPONED DUE TO COVID

Purchase

Published by OK Feel Good Music.

  • Score (9x12): $34

Rent

  • Parts (first performance): $300
  • Additional performance: $95