Midwest 2023
TPC Collective will again be attending the Midwest Clinic in December 2023. As of the latest updates to this page we believe we will again be at booth 1505.
Qualifying Scores for Performance at Midwest 2023
Concert Band
Title – Composer
Details
Perusal Files
Audio & Description
Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes
– by Garrett Hope
Grade: 3
Duration: 5:00
Pub. Year: 2022
Publisher: Frog Princess Publishing
This lush work takes an original lullaby and transforms it into a gorgeous and moving song without words. In rondo form (ABACA), this work allows your students to sing, play with sensitivity, and perform tall and added-note chords. It also provides opportunities for the students to understand motivic and melodic development.
MIDI Demo
CCU Symphonic Band Premiere
We Remember You
– by Arthur Breur
(An excerpt from Tuesday Night Overture)
Grade: 3
Duration: 3:30
Pub. Year: 2023
Publisher: Floating Home Music
Perusal Score (PDF
(Manuscript; publication scheduled for August 2023.)
Composed in memory of those players who are no longer with the ensemble, this sweeping, emotional piece is an excerpt from the Tuesday Night Overture, celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Tualatin Valley Community Band.
MIDI Demo
Arrival of the Tuatha de Danaan
– by Garrett Hope
Grade: 4
Duration: 5:00
Pub. Year: 2022
Publisher: Frog Princess Publishing
Like ships emerging out of the midst, this music describes the arrival of the mythical Tuatha de Danaan to the shores of Ancient Ireland. The music is mystical, mysterious, and lyrical while featuring moments of intensity as if one were standing on ancient battlefields along with the heroes.
MIDI Demo
Wexford Carol
– by Garrett Hope
Grade: 4
Duration: 4:35
Pub. Year: 2022
Publisher: Frog Princess Publishing
The Wexford Carol is a 12th Century Irish Christmas tune. This strikingly beautiful arrangement features soaring parts and contrapuntal writing for all the sections. It is perfect for all holiday and winter-themed concerts.
MIDI Demo
LCCB Premiere
Gather the Courageous
– by Garrett Hope
Grade: 4.5
Duration: 6:45
Pub. Year: 2023
Publisher: Frog Princess Publishing
Perusal Score (PDF)
(Still in manuscript form; premiere set for 5/23/23)
The march-like qualities of the opening fanfare give way to a fast and thrilling work your students will love to play. It features polychords, ostinatos, fast flute flourishes, and energetic percussion parts. With hints of Holst and Mussorgsky, this single-movement work makes a great concert closer and will engage and challenge your percussionists.
MIDI Demo
Jazz Band
Title – Composer
Details
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Description
Poolside Blues
– by R. Christopher Teichler
Grade: 3/3.5
Duration: 4:00
Pub. Year: 2022
Publisher: RT Legacy Music
A swing tune that features solos for piano, tenor sax, trumpet, and soli sax section.
MIDI Demo – Excerpts
Orchestra
Title – Composer
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Description
It’s Not Just The Rocks That Are Erratic
– by Arthur Breur
(An excerpt from the Tualatin Overture)
Grade: 4
Duration: 2:15
Pub. Year: 2023
Publisher: Floating Home Music
Perusal Score (PDF)
(manuscript; publication scheduled for August 2023)
It is a sunny morning after our evening stroll around the lake and along the Greenway Trail in Tualatin Oregon. Dew drips from the leaves, and along the river, birds begin to sing. We hear frogs call to each other, and see turtles slowly exploring the swirling river eddies. Joggers run by and dogs eagerly lead their people to the dog park. Not far away, the lake is active with
people walking and enjoying the early sunshine, toddlers try to catch the protesting ducks, and people—some from far off and exotic places—wander aimlessly, led here by games on their cellphones. We might even see people setting up for the City’s festivals, which include food, fun, music, and… yes, even people paddling on the lake inside the shells of giant pumpkins!
MIDI Demo
String Orchestra
Title – Composer
Details
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Description
Harry’s Loch
– by Garrett Hope
Grade: 3
Duration: 2:15
Pub. Year: 2022
Publisher: Frog Princess Publishing
This exciting, fun, and short arrangement of a traditional Irish tune will allow you to work on hooked bowing, fiddle-style playing, compound meter, and a giant rolled chord in the final measure.
MIDI Demo
Red Wolf String Quartet Mvt. 1 (arr. for String Orchestra)
– by Arthur Breur
Grade: 3
Duration: 4:15
Pub. Year: 2023
Publisher: Floating Home Music
Perusal Score (PDF)
(Manuscript; publication scheduled for August 2023.)
Composed to be an example of “sonata allegro” form. The work is also composed with two nods to the compositional style of John Williams, with a repeated rhytmic motif and with use of complex (i.e., “jazz”) chords. This piece was originally composed to be the first movement of a string quartet, and is here arranged for full string orchestra.
MIDI Demo
Premiere Performance, Tualatin Valley Symphony, Feb. 5, 2023
Rondo Pesante
– by R. Christopher Teichler
Grade: 3/3.5
Duration: 2:20
Pub. Year: 2023
Publisher: RT Legacy Music
Rondo Pesante gives string players the opportunity for heavier and more aggressive playing, with an unwavering and accented pulse throughout. The piece follows a simple Rondo form (ABACA), with clear changes in style and texture at each new section. For student ensembles, this piece offers the opportunity for students to learn more about common musical forms while broadening their performance pallets.
MIDI Demo
Amber the Ambitious Spider
– by Arthur Breur
(A narrated musical tale with illustrated slides. Includes optional harp and percussion parts.)
Grade: 4
Duration: 13:15
Pub. Year: 2023
Publisher: Floating Home Music
Perusal Score (PDF)
(Manuscript; publication scheduled for August 2023.)
What would happen if a spider decided that cars were just great big bugs and she wanted to catch one? “Amber the Ambitious Spider” answers that question with a narrated musical tale for string orchestra and optional harp and percussion — complete with illustrated slides.
(A shortened suite of music from this work is planned for publication late 2023 and would be available for performance.)
Persevering
– by R. Christopher Teichler
Grade: 4
Duration: 3:30
Pub. Year: 2022
Publisher: RT Legacy Music
“Persevering” is meant to convey a sense of continuing on through adversity. The COVID-19 Pandemic was the impetus for writing this piece, but the sentiment certainly expands beyond that to different times and types of adversity.
Wexford Carol
– by Garrett Hope
Grade: 4
Duration: 5:00
Pub. Year: 2022
Publisher: Frog Princess Publishing
The Wexford Carol is a 12th Century Irish Christmas tune. This strikingly beautiful arrangement for string ensemble features soaring parts and contrapuntal writing for all the sections. It is perfect for all holiday and winter-themed concerts.
MIDI Demo
Joy and Jubilation
– by R. Christopher Teichler
Grade: 4/4.5
Duration: 3:25
Pub. Year: 2023
Publisher: RT Legacy Music
A festive piece for strings that carries a constant feeling of optimism throughout. The piece is based on a single motive that goes through rhythmic and melodic manipulation, allowing the music to convey different characteristic moods, ranging from exciting and celebratory to feelings of peace and contentment.
MIDI Demo
Brass Quintet
Title – Composer
Details
Perusal Files
Description
The Jester
– by Arthur Breur
Grade: 3
Duration: 5:40
Pub. Year: 2021
Publisher: Floating Home Music
Underneath their manic, juggling, comic exterior, the Jester feels deeply.
MIDI Demo
Fanfare on EASTER HYMN
– by R. Christopher Teichler
Grade: 5
Duration: 2:00
Pub. Year: 2022
Publisher: RT Legacy Music
A driving, bold fanfare in irregular meter gives a fresh take on this familiar Easter hymn.
MIDI Demo
Triumphance
– by Arthur Breur
Grade: 3.5
Duration: 2:20
Pub. Year: 2023
Publisher: Floating Home Music
A heroic fanfare expressing both cheer and poignancy. Arranged for brass quintet by the composer.
MIDI Demo