SAMPLE PERPETUATION BRAD CIECHOMSKI KJOS BEGINNING CONCERT BANDVVORKS NEIL A. KJOS MUSIC COMPANY SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

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1 KOS CONCERT BAND GRADE / $700 BRAD CIECHOMSKI ERETATION KOS BEGINNING CONCERT BANDVVORKS NEIL A KOS MSIC COMANY SAN DIEGO, CALIORNIA

2 THE COMOSER Brad Ciechomski (b959) is currently the Director o Bands at Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth, Maine here he as the teacher o the year and is one o 5 teachers in the SA to receive the 008 American Star o Teaching In Yarmouth, he conducts our concert bands and three azz bands Brad received his bachelor s and master s degrees rom the niversity o Ne Hampshire here he studied composition ith Andre Boysen, r Brad has received commissions by bands at every level, middle school through college, as ell as having his compositions shocased at MENC s national convention His Kos concert band publications include Microburst and Three Moods or Concert Band His azz band publications include Crusin the Back Bay, The Kicker, and Sotly Aside rom composing and teaching, Brad is active in Ne England as a clinician, adudicator and guest conductor as district and state music estivals and competitions A busy perormer, Brad keeps a ull schedule as a reelance drummer ith local, regional and national artists in the greater Ne England area Brad has appeared on stage ith azz greats such as Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Bobby She, The Sammy Kaye Orchestra, Mel Torme, Bob Mintzer, The Ne York Voices, Wayne Bergeron, and Conrad Herig ust to name a e He has even rocked out ith David Crosby o Crosby, Stills and Nash! Brad lives in ortland, Maine ith his bass-playing ie and to onderul daughters THE COMOSITION In speaking ith the conductor o the Southern Maine unior Music Academy Band, e discussed certain criteria he ished or in this piece: exciting to play, up-beat, interesting parts or all players, lots o percussion, etc Instead o the oten-used minor keys, I decided to have the main theme in Eb Maor ith the opening eliciting a sense o celebration (it as or the 5th anniversary o the camp) I spent time thinking about music camps and ho they impact students (and teachers ) lives; hat it means to have students rom many communities and varied musical backgrounds coming together to ork, experience and perorm music in a eek (sometimes to) Music camps happen throughout the country each summer and share these common traits This concept o coming together rames the piece: themes coming together individually and then ultimately as one, as does the inal perormance The perpetuating rhythm present throughout the piece, represents the band camp experience; vibrant and consistent When I have taught at music camps, I have observed students arriving ith excitement, nervousness, and onder about hat ne experiences aait them The opening measures signiy the arrival o students ith this sense o eagerness Three themes are played (trumpet-meas, clarinet-meas 55, and lo brass-meas 96) representing the reunion o riends as ell as beginning o ne riendships As the piece heads to the conclusion, all layers are played simultaneously, simulating this temporary community o musicians coming together or the camp s concluding perormance The inal chord o the piece is olloed by the perpetuating rhythm as the clarinets ade into the distance This ending evokes the thought that although the music camp may have ended, the memories and experiences o the eek live on indeinitely I hope that your students are able to attend music camps and ill relate their on eelings and experiences to this piece Having students share their on camp experiences ill make a deeper connection to the music Enoy, Brad Ciechomski

3 INSTRMENTATION LIST 4 - st lute 4 - nd lute - Oboe 4 - st Bb Clarinet 4 - nd Bb Clarinet 4 - rd Bb Clarinet - Bb Bass Clarinet - Bassoon - st Eb Alto Saxophone - nd Eb Alto Saxophone - Bb Tenor Saxophone - Eb Baritone Saxophone - st Bb Trumpet - nd Bb Trumpet - rd Bb Trumpet - st Horn - nd Horn - st Trombone - nd Trombone - Euphonium - Bb Euphonium TC Electric Bass - Timpani () - Xylophone - Chimes and Orchestra - ercussion I: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Tambourine - ercussion II: Triangle, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Gong - ercussion III: Slapstick, Tom-toms, Guiro - ull Conductor Score Approximate erormance Time - 4:45 Additional scores and instrumental parts are available To hear a recording o this piece or any other Kos publication, please visit koscom

4 4 Commissioned by the 008 Southern Maine unior Music Academy, George Shabo, Director, on the occasion o the 5th Anniversary o the Academy, and premiered on uly 9th, 008, ohn Morneau, Conductor ull Conductor Score Approximate erormance Time - 4:45 lutes Oboe Bb Clarinets Bb Bass Clarinet Bassoon Eb Alto Saxophones Bb Tenor Saxophone Eb Baritone Saxophone Bb Trumpets Horns Euphonium Timpani () Xylophone ercussion I: Snare Drum, Tambourine, Bass Drum Trombones Chimes Orchestra ercussion II: Triangle, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Gong ercussion III: Slapstick, Tom-toms, Guiro Allegro (=5) b b 4 b b 4 4 a 4 4 b b 4 b Allegro (=5) Bb, b b E b 4 b Í b b 4 b b Allegro (=5) 4 4 b a C Cyms ± OI ERETATION ± a a ± BRAD CIECHOMSKI 00 Kos Music ress, 48 utland Drive, San Diego, Caliornia, 97 International copyright secured All rights reserved rinted in the S A Warning! The contents o this publication are protected by copyright la To copy or reproduce them by any method is an inringement o the copyright la Anyone ho reproduces copyrighted matter is subect to substantial penalties and assessments or each inringement ± 5 a 5 a a a 5 i Chimes ± O I ± to

5 7 b b b b C Cyms b b b b b a a ± ± a a b Í Í Í OI ± a ± a a b b b b b b ± O Í ± O

6 6 b b b b a b b b a b b b b b b b b b b b b b b ± OI ± a a ± ± a a to

7 9 b b 0 a b 7 4 b b b b b b b a Alto Sax, cue a a b b b a (/ stick)

8 8 b b b b b b b b b a b b a b b end cue a b n b n b n a b n b n b n Solo Solo

9 b b b 9 n Guiro b b b b b b b Guiro a a b a b b n b n b b a # # # #

10 0 b b b b a b b b b b b b b b b b a b b b a b a b a b Solo a Guiro

11 C Cyms Guiro Slapstick 4 b b b b 4 b 4 b b b b a a a i a a C Cyms O Slapstick a Str Mute Str Mute b b a a b b b b Eb to C O Slapstick

12 Guiro b b b b b b b b b 49 a b b b b b 50 # # # # 5 a a (/yarn mallets) O p 54 O

13 Gong 55 b a b b b 55 b b b b 55 b b b b Oi OI Gong to to

14 4 6 b b b b b b b b b a 6 6

15 b b b b b b b b b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ # # n (/ stick) 5

16 6 7 b b b b b b b b b n n # n 77 A A N A 78 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #

17 79 b b b b 79 b cresc poco a poco 79 b b b b cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco cresc poco a poco Open a p cresc n n n # n n n n 7

18 8 C Cyms Slapstick b b b b b b b b b a A A A N Open A A A A Í 87 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ p Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ p Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ p a Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ p b b b Í b b b Í Hn cue end b b b n p a b b b b b Í b b b Í 87 Í Í n # Í n Í Í b b b a b b b b b Í 87 C to Eb p n n n n C Cyms (/yarn) Oi O p Slapstick

19 9 b b b b C Cyms 9 b 9 b b b b ± O ± a ± ± Alto Sax cue a 96 a 96 ±i C Cyms OI

20 0 98 b b b b C Cyms b b b b b b b Oi b b b b b b b Oi b b b b b b b b b b b b - b - b b - b b - b - b - b - end cue

21 04 b b b b C Cyms a 04 a b a 04 b b b b b b b Oi a b a Oi b b b b b b b b a a Oi b b b b b b b b b

22 b b b b Gong b b b b b a b b - b - b b - b b - b a b b - b - b - a b b b b b b b b b b b a b b b b b b b b b b Gong O O b - b - - b - b b - - b - b - b - b - OI I to to Guiro

23 Guiro 8 b b b b b b b b b 9 (/ stick) Guiro 0 One player p 0 p 0 One player, a Oboe cue, one player One player a 4 One player rit b b a rit rit 5 Bass Clarinet cue Bass Clarinet cue One player

24 4 C Cyms Guiro Slapstick b b b b b b b b b a b b b - - b b b p p p u end cue u u u ± u O end cue end cue let ring A tempo A tempo A tempo Í O C Cyms Slapstick Tutti Guiro Tutti a a

25 5 4 b 5 b b b b n b n Guiro b b b b b b b () b b b b b b a

26 6 Guiro 40 b b b b 40 b 40 b b a Tutti, a Tutti v v v a a ^ v b b 4 v - v v - v v - v ^ - ^ v - v 4 b a v v v b b ^ v b 4 b b b b b b b 44 a v v v ^ v 45 v v - v - v v - v ^ - ^ v - v n # #

27 7 Gong Guiro 46 b b b b b b b b b b a b b b b - b b b b - b b b 47 v v v ^ v 48 b a b b b b - b b a b b - b b b 49 v v v ^ v 50 b b b b b b a b b b b b Gong O 5 (/yarn) O p to

28 8 b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b O a O a 7 rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ rip rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~ rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~ rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 54 a ± OI ± a a ± ±

29 58 b b b b a 9 C Cyms 58 b 58 b b b b a a a OI C Cyms a a OI a - a a

30 0 C Cyms b b b b b a b b b b b b b a a Í Í Í Í Í Í

31 C Cyms Slapstick b b b b b b b b b O p O (choke) Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï a Ï C Cyms (choke) Slapstick (opt) One player, a p Repeat as needed a Repeat as needed Repeat as needed ade to nothing

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