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composed for: Steven Schick and the La Jolla Symphony
premiere: June 9, 2018, Mandeville Auditorium, UC San Diego
length: 12~20 minutes
date: June 2018
instrumentation: solo trumpet, 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 percussion, piano, orchestral strings and electronicsprogram note: Template for Improvising Trumpeter and Orchestra is a new version of a piece I originally wrote for Peter Evans and Steven Schick to perform with 12 members of the International Contemporary Ensemble. In response to Maestro Schick’s request, I have scaled the piece up for orchestra, and some things have changed in the middle of the piece.
Template is a collaborative work that relies on the soloist to make a significant creative contribution. Almost the entire solo trumpet part is improvised, with only a few brief notated phrases (or prescribed rests) appearing at key moments in the score. There are also some opportunities for others in the ensemble to improvise as well, particularly the conductor. As in the original version, I deploy digital signal processing to transform the sound of the soloist, and some of the other instruments in the orchestra.