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Delvyn Case |
Rocket Sleigh
| Instrumentation | Instrumentation: 3.2.2.2. 4.3.3.1. timp 2perc str
Percussion: sleigh bells, bass drum, triangle, sus. cym (2), glock, 3 toms, chimes, tam-tam |
| Length | 4 min |
| Difficulty | Suitable for university, community, and professional orchestras |
| Comments | ROCKET SLEIGH is an original Christmas overture suitable for all sorts of holiday concerts. It is a fast, catchy, and exciting piece perfect for orchestras looking for a brand-new addition to the holiday repertoire. Musically interesting but not too technically demanding, Rocket Sleigh has been performed by major professional orchestras, community orchestras, and university orchestras across the country, and would be appropriate for advanced youth orchestras as well. Accessible but musically interesting, it is tonal and features some mixed meters. Since Rocket Sleigh is in B-flat, it nicely follows Sleigh Ride on a holiday concert. |
| Sources | Perusal score available for download (pdf) at http://www.delvyncase.com. Set of parts available for sale directly from the composer at delvyncase@yahoo.com. |
| Extras | Recording at http://www.myspace.com/rocketsleigh. |
| History | 2009 performances by: Louisville Orchestra, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra (Iowa), Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra (Mass.), Greater Fall River Symphony Orchestra (Mass.), University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra, Harvard University Pops Orchestra. Commissioned and premiered in 2008 by the Quincy Symphony Orchestra (Mass.) |
| Contributor | Delvyn Case
Music Director, Great Woods Chamber Orchestra (Mass.)
Music Director, Quincy Bay Chamber Orchestra (Mass.)
Asst. Professor, Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.
Visiting Faculty, Dept of Composition and Theory, Longy School of Music |
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