Snarl

SAMPLE SCORE

Snarl

Composer: Mackey, John
Grade: 2.5
Duration: 2:45
Genre: Concert Band
Publisher: Osti Music
Item No: GOMS-90033
Inventory status: In stock

Please select Product Type

Printed
Score & Parts

Printed
Full Score

JPY 21,120

2 Flutes
Oboe
Bassoon(s)
2 Bb Clarinets
Bass Clarinet

2 Alto Saxophones
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone

2 Bb Trumpets
French Horn(s)
2 Trombones
Euphonium
Tuba

Percussion, 9 parts, most important marked with * :
Timpani
Xylophone
Marimba
Vibraphone *
Assorted Cymbals (Suspended crash, China, Splash, and Tam-Tam if available) *
Assorted Percussion (Vibraslap, Triangle, Crash Cymbals)
Snare Drum *
Hi-Hat *
Bass Drum *

In March 2016, I attended a rehearsal featuring students from the United Sound mentoring program ? a program to encourage musicians with special needs to play side by side with general education musicians in the same ensemble. The empathy I experienced in that room was overwhelming. I cried, regained my composure, and asked if I could write a piece for United Sound. The result is "Snarl."

Everyone gets picked on at some point ? I know I did, especially in gym class. It's a horrible feeling. "Snarl" refuses to be bullied, from the opening saxophone section multiphonic, to the flutter-tongued winds and the crashes of cymbals.

"Snarl" is a gift to United Sound in thanks for making those mentored students feel not only special, but strong."