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Educational2025

First Light

A flexible-instrumentation piece for developing bands: playable by twelve players or by ninety, with no divided parts and a written range of one octave.

Year
2025
Instrumentation
Concert Band (flexible, 4 parts + percussion)
Duration
4:00 min
Difficulty
Grade 2
Category
Educational, Concert Band
Publisher
Bravo Music
Premiere

Kawasaki Municipal Junior High School Band
cond. Sho Oie
Kawasaki Cultural Hall, Kawasaki

Scoring

  • Part 1: Flute / Oboe / B♭ Clarinet / Trumpet
  • Part 2: B♭ Clarinet / Alto Saxophone / Horn
  • Part 3: Tenor Saxophone / Trombone / Euphonium
  • Part 4: Bass Clarinet / Baritone Saxophone / Tuba / Double Bass
  • Percussion (2–4 players, all parts optional)

Programme Note

Written for a school band that had lost half its players and gained a new conductor in the same year. Every part is playable by any of the listed instruments, nothing crosses the break, and the percussion is entirely optional.

The musical goal is ensemble listening rather than technique: the piece is built on long tones, and the only difficult thing about it is playing them together.

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