PUBLISHER: Just A Theory Press | DURATION: ca. 35 minutes | ADVANCED (Grade 6)
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WIND ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTATION

WOODWINDS: Piccolo, 4 Flutes (4th dbl. opt. Alto Flute), 3 Oboes (3rd dbl. English Horn), 3 Bassoons (3rd dbl. Contrabassoon),
Eb Clarinet, 4 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bb Bass Clarinets, Bb Contrabass Clarinet
SAXOPHONES: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bari, Bass (optional)
BRASS: 4 Horns, 4 Bb Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Euphoniums (2+players), Tubas (2+ players)
STRINGS: Double Bass, Harp
KEYBOARDS: Piano (dbl. Celesta)
PERCUSSION: Timpani, 7 Percussion (one player per part - some instruments are shared)

PERCUSSION LIST

Vibraphone (2 bows required), Chimes, Marimba (5-octave), Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Crotales, Snare Drum, Piccolo Snare Drum, Field Drum, Tenor Drum, DRUMS (Tom-toms (4 + floor), Bongos (2), Small Bass Drum), Bass Drum, Medium Suspended Cymbal, Large Suspended Cymbal, Small Tam-tam (superball mallet required), Large Tam-tam, CYMBALS (Hi-hat, Crash, China, Splash), Crash Cymbals, Sizzle Cymbal, Triangle, Brake Drum, Anvil, Ratchet, Claves, Tambourine

*NOTE: The percussion instrumentation listed on the full score accidentally omits two required instruments - Wood Blocks (3) and Whip.
The percussion assignments listed on the parts do not omit these two instruments and are therefore correct.

ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTATION

WOODWINDS: 3 Flutes (3rd dbl. Piccolo & opt. Alto Flute), 3 Oboes (3rd dbl. English Horn), 3 Bb Clarinets (3 dbl. Bass Clarinet), 3 Bassoons (3rd dbl. Contrabassoon)
BRASS: 4 Horns, 3 Bb Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba
KEYBOARDS: Piano (dbl. Celesta)
PERCUSSION: Timpani, 3 Percussion
STRINGS: Harp, Strings (14-12-10-8-6 —or— 12-10-8-6-4)

PERCUSSION LIST

Vibraphone (2 bows required), Chimes, Marimba (5-octave), Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Crotales, Snare Drum, Field Drum, Tenor Drum, DRUMS (Tom-toms (4 + floor), Bongos (2), Small Bass Drum), Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Small Tam-tam (superball mallet required), Large Tam-tam, CYMBALS (Hi-hat, Crash, China, Splash), Crash Cymbals, Sizzle Cymbal, Triangle, Brake Drum —or— Anvil, Ratchet, Claves, Tambourine

The Sum of All Things is my first symphony and my first foray into writing music with a more theatrical scope. Unlike my second symphony Pumpkin Madness, which features a distinctly programmatic narrative, this first symphony is largely abstract, balancing an overall darker tone with occasional moments of cathartic serenity. The heavily dramatic opening of the first movement, and the relentlessly aggressive turbulence which follows (hence its title “Prelude & Turbulence”), eventually gives way to the somber, pleading, and angry “Elegy” comprising the second movement. The third movement journeys through “Mysterious & Magical” textures of melody and sound in the search for resolutions to unanswered questions, while the intense and ferocious “Scherzo Frenetico” of the fourth movement pits many of the symphony's various themes and motifs together in a vicious battle, culminating in a fiercely determined, yet still bombastic, coda.