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Recorded by the University of North Texas College of Music Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, Klavier Digital.
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2+2 Piccolo.1.2+E-flat Clarinet+Bass Clarinet.1+ContraBassoon(optional).sa(+1optional)TB Saxophone Ensemble: 2.3.2.Euphonium.1: Percussion(3).Piano: Double Bass
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Commissioned by the College Band Directors National Association, Western and Northwestern Divisions.
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Notes by the composer: Like my earlier work, CIRCUITS, CALIFORNIA COUNTERPOINT: THE TWITTERING MACHINE was originally written for orchestra and later adapted for wind ensemble. The title is intended to recognize California conductor, Mitch Fennell, for having organized the commission to adapt the piece for winds, and is also meant to express my life-long fascination with work of painter, Paul Klee. Klee's TWITTERING MACHINE is a drawing/painting of four birds perched on a crank shaft. The images are whimsical, puppet-like, mechanistic, ironic, and playful--like my composition. The repeated structures of CALIFORNIA COUNTERPOINT: THE TWITTERING MACHINE create a context for the work's many musical surprises--expectation is often denied through rhythmic displacement, sudden transposition, and melodic juxtaposition. But most important is my intention that the work, like Klee's TWITTERING MACHINE, convey movement--that it engage the body as well as the mind--that it "dance"! --CM
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Premier Performance Memo
-Eastman Wind Orchestra/ Mark Scatterday. 22 Oct 03. -University of Alberta/ Fordyce Pier. 20 Nov 02. -California State University Hayward/ Timothy Smith. 13 Mar 02. -Stephen F. Austin State University/ Fred Allen. 12 Oct 00. -Northern Kentucky University/ Carol Dunevant. 07 Oct 99. -Goteborgs Musiken (Sweden)/ Yerker Johansson. 23 Jan 99. -University of Massachusetts. 25 Nov 97. -University of New Mexico/ Eric Rombach. 05 Oct 97. -Lamar University University Symphonic Band/ Barry Johnson. 25 Feb 96.v -Northwestern University Symphonic Band/ Stephen G. Peterson. 16 Feb 96. -University of Alberta/ Fordyce Pier. 18 Oct 95. -University of Cincinnati Wind Symphony/ Matthew McInturf. 17 Jul 95. -State University of New York at Buffalo Wind Ensemble/ Sarah McKoin. 25 Apr 95. -University of North Texas/ Eugene Corporon. 06, 09 Apr 95. -California State University/ Tim Smith. 10 Mar 95. -Oklahoma State University/ Joseph P. Missal. 25 Feb 95. CBDNA Conference. -Florida State University/ James Croft. 17 Nov 94. -Baylor University/ Michael Haithcock. 15 Nov 94. -Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble/ Joseph Missal. 06 Oct 94. -World Premiere, University of Washington/ Tim Salzman. 19 Mar 94. CBDNA conference.
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Recorded by the University of North Texas College of Music Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, Tributes, Klavier Digital KCD-11070.
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