- Orchestra
- Winds
- 1861
- 3 O’Clock Mix
- Across the groaning continent
- As the scent of spring rain...
- Avenue X
- Blow It Up, Start Again
- Chunk
- Climbing Parnassus
- Concertino
- De Profundis
- Moon by Night
- My Hands Are a City
- Novel Romance
- OK Feel Good
- Pi‘ilani and Ko‘olau
- Single
- Sowing Useful Truths
- Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City
- Tender HeartsNEW
- The Americans
- The Rivers of Bowery
- Uncle Sid
- Chamber
- Solo
- Vocal
- Arrangements
Chunk
a funk for winds and percussion
Year
2003Duration
06:00Level
ProfessionalPerusal Score
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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
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