Tides Within
Concerto for Wind Ensemble
2020 Winner of The American Prize in Wind Ensemble Composition, 3rd Place
2020 Winner of The American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music, 2nd Place
Recorded live in concert on April 24, 2019 at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Terence G. Milligan - Conductor
CCM Wind Ensemble - University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Jedidiah Knight - Digital Video Artist
Shawn Milloway - Recording and Video Engineer
Broadcast Premiere: Classical Discoveries, WPRB Princeton, December 2020.
PROGRAM NOTES
Tides Within explores the ebb and flow of ocean tides as a natural metaphor for the wash of thoughts and emotions that sweep over all of us. Beginning with a pensive woodwind introduction, the musical intensity rises and falls, gradually building to new heights with each wave. Driven by the inexorable pulse of the percussion, brass fanfares and melodies crest over swirling woodwinds, sweeping Tides Within to a tumultuous conclusion.
21 minutes | 2019
Commissioned: CCM Wind Ensemble, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Dedicated to Dr. Terence G. Milligan, Professor Emeritus of Music
See score for instrumentation details.
PERFORMANCE NOTES
An optional, silent video projection is available from the composer to accompany Tides Within. Video cues are included in the score, arranged so that each part of the video should be started as the ensemble reaches the appointed measure. (The projection is intended to follow the conductor, adjusting to the pace of the ensemble; no click-track is required.) Video Projection created by Digital Video Artist Jedidiah Knight.
A version of the Tides Within premiere recording with the complete synchronized video art projection included is available below.
VIDEO PROJECTION DEMONSTRATION RECORDING
