Quatandre for Trombone Quartet (3 tenors - 1 bass)

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1 Trombone Quartet/Choir Quatandre Ken Davies KEN DAVIES Quatandre or Trombone Quartet (3 tenors - 1 bass) KD 6 Kenvad Music Gautier, Mississii

2 Quatandre or trombone quartet (:20) Program Notes The work oens its irst seven measures by introducing the basic motives on which the work then develos; namely, glissando igures, yramided chord buildus, hand-oed mouthiece ercussive eects, and measured tremolos. The irst (and last) section o the iece develo rhythmic and glissando gestures structured in a variety o meter signatures. This gives way to a section o harmonic develoment through chord yramids. A two art middle section rovides irst a thinning o texture, then a short contrauntal section culminating in a slower, more homohonic section beore returning to material based on the irst and second sections to uniy and close out the work. Quatandre was irst erormed at the 2005 International Trombone estival in New Orleans by the 20-member New Orleans Trombone Choir under the direction o Milton Bush. Comoser Bio Wisconsin native Ken Davies ( has had acoustic and electronic works erormed at numerous new music estivals such as the Society o Comosers, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Southeastern Comosers League (he is a ast resident), Electronic Music Midwest, International Trombone estival, National Association o Comosers USA, Christian ellowshi o Art Music Comosers, Parma Music estival, London New Wind estival (UK), and Sonic Coast (UK).!!Since 2002, he resides in coastal south Mississii. Awards include the Mississii Arts Commission s Perorming Arts ellowshi or Comosition (twice), the Mississii Music Teachers Association s Commissioned Comoser O The Year, and winner o the American Trombone Worksho National Comosition Cometition. His music studies were at the University o Wisconsin at Madison, Yale School o Music, Middle Tennessee State University at Murreesboro (MA trombone), and the University o Colorado at Boulder (MM comosition). A writer and ublisher member o ASCAP, his music is ublished by Kenvad Music.

3 Score Duration: :20 Trombone 1 Trombone 2 Trombone 3 Bass Trombone Lively Ú º b b 5 b b > > > b> > > > b b b Q u a t a n d r e or Trombone Quartet/Choir b b b b b > hand o mouthiece > b b b> b > KEN DAVIES #. b.. > > > b b. b. b b. b b b b > > 200 by Kenneth W. Davies All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Published by Kenvad Music (ASCAP) - b > > b b

4 2 b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b > > b b b. 1 b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b. > > > > > > 1 n n b b b 1 1 n b b b 1 > > > > > 1 KD 6 Quatandre - score

5 # b b b b b b b b b b 1.. b b b b b 1 b > > b > > b 23 # b. b b b b b b b 26 b b ṗ b solo b. KD 6 Quatandre - score

6 BRASS WORKS by KEN DAVIES rom kenvad music / kenvad TRUMPET City o God - tot & organ Antihonal Music - 2 tts Brush Strokes - tots arts Around 3 AM - tt, no, alto sax, cl Cityscaes - tt, l, no, vln, vc HORN Brain antasies - hn & ixed audio Sensuous Images - hn & ixed audio Waterscae - hn & ixed audio TROMBONE - BASS TROMBONE Soliloquy 2 - tbn alone Soliloquy 1 - tbn alone Nocturnes - tbn alone Sensuous Images - tbn & ixed audio Notasonata - tbn & ixed audio 20 Pieces in Changing Meters - tbn alone Read Tenor Cle Now Read Alto Cle Now Aline Pastorale - b. tbn alone Three Pieces - b. tbn & iano Crossroads - 2 tbns & iano Milton's Trombones - tbn quartet Quatandre - tbn quartet Divertimento or ive - 5 tbns Wisconsin Urising - tbns EUPHONIIUM - TUBA Euhonic Soundscae - euh & ixed audio Escae rom the Matrix - euh & iano Amazing Grace - tuba & iano Excursions - tuba & iano Comare and Contrast - euh & tuba BRASS ENSEMBLES Colloquium - trb & tuba Collage tt, tbn, iano Three Roads Diverged - tot, hn, tbn Amlitudes - 2 tts, tbn, b. tbn Concert Piece - brass quintet & organ

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Compare and Contrast for euphonium and tuba ken davies Comare and Contrast for euhonium and tuba KD 14 kenvad music.kendavies.net U.S.A. Comare and Contrast - for euhonium and tuba, duration c. 6:15 Program Note The himsical title refers to one