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Sonoma Strong (2018) for Orchestra / Paul Michael Dooley [notated music]

Title

Sonoma Strong (2018) for Orchestra [notated music]

Composer

Dooley, Paul Michael, 1983-

Place of Publication/Creation

Santa Rosa, CA

Published/Created

2018

Type of Material

notated music

Genre

notated music

Publisher

Paul Dooley Musi

Language

Unknown

Media

unmediated

Physical Description

1 score (46 pages)

Carrier

volume

Contents Note

Music.

Summary

Sonoma Strong (2018) was commissioned by the Santa Rosa Symphony. The work commemorates the impact of and recovery from the wildfires in Sonoma County in October 2017. I am honored to receive this commission from my hometown orchestra. As a high school student I was fortunate to attend many SRS concerts as well as sing in the orchestra chorus several times.  SRS clarinetist Mark Wardlaw was an important mentor while I attended Santa Rosa High School. Experiencing the fire from out of state, I was able to empathize with the city by closely following the media coverage of Fountain Grove, Coffey Park, Mark West Springs, Calistoga, Sonoma, Larkfield and Oakmont. I was able to help by relaying phone calls from and back into Santa Rosa. Sonoma Strong is presented in two parts: Part 1 is reflective - the percussionists play sounding tubes which create a beautiful sustaining wind tone. A lyrical trumpet solo soars above, which I feel is evocative of California. The first entrance of the woodwinds signals the beginning of Part 2, which expresses hope and rebirth and builds to a heroic climax.

Notes

2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Bb Clarinets
Bassoon
Contrabassoon

4 F Horns
3 C Trumpets
2 Tenor Trombones
Bass Trombone
Tuba

Timpani

Percussion (4 players):

1: Tune Whirly (Ab), Glockenspiel
2: Tune Whirly (Ab), Vibraphone
3: Tune Whirly (Ab), Suspended Cymbal, Bongos
4: Triangle, Crotales, Large Bass Drum

Harp

Strings .

ISMN with hyphens: 979-0-800064-16-6

Description based on ISMN data provided by the publisher.

Music notation

Staff notation.

International Standard Music Number (ISMN)

9790800064166

Last Updated: 03-26-2022