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When the sunlight rose above the surrounding mountain ranges and hit these fantastic monuments, a brilliant diffusive gleam of light filled the glacial valley, and illuminated everything it touched with the brightest white light imaginable. Even more curious is that the arduous Antarctic weather seemed to have no erosive effect on the cleanliness of these structures, and that analysis shows that they have been sitting like this, unblemished, for the past 4,000 years. It is still unknown who built or arranged them. 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Since composing \u003cem\u003eBurst \u003c\/em\u003eI have composed a torrent of new music including a piano trio and a piano concerto. \u003cem\u003eBurst \u003c\/em\u003esignified the end of a compositional dry spell and the beginning of a new era of creativity - quite literally it was the start of my own \u003cem\u003eBurst!\u003c\/em\u003e I now consider the piece to be my love letter to creativity: composition and conducting for me, but so many more creative endeavors can be (and I certainly hope will be) invoked by the listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrchestral instrumentation: \u003c\/strong\u003e3.3.3.2\/4.3.3.1\/timp.2 perc\/str\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrchestral performance parts are available via rental.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca title=\"Just a Theory — Rental Quote\" href=\"https:\/\/justatheorypress.com\/pages\/rental-quote\" class=\"button\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for a rental quote.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8CckuiwP3yo?si=cVT_-q5CltKwmWma\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #3f6e7c;\n   color: #fff;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #335c68;\n   color: #fff;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Orchestra \/ Physical Delivery \/ Score Only","offer_id":47873582629151,"sku":"JAT-133-001-FS","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Orchestra \/ PDF Download \/ Score Only","offer_id":47873730085151,"sku":"JAT-133-001-FSe","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/1586\/5887\/files\/00ScoreWernke_Burst-01.png?v=1710339533"},{"product_id":"sleepy-hollow","title":"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"col sqs-col-6 span-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1588794460425_5865\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Legend of Sleepy\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eHollow, \u003c\/em\u003eKyle Wernke (2012, rev. 2021) \u003cbr\u003efor orchestra with optional narrator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrchestra instrumentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e3.3.3.3\/4.3.3.1\/timp.3 perc\/hp\/str\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow\u003c\/em\u003e will always have a special place in my heart as the first major orchestral work I ever had performed. At the time of its commissioning and composition I had intended to pursue film music as a career. The piece was meant to be a tour-de-force to earn my acceptance into one of the major film scoring programs. Shortly after the premiere of the piece, under my own baton in October of 2012, I realized that the world of film music was not where I belonged and I chose to pursue my doctorate in composition and a career in \"concert\" music. Conducting this piece with an orchestra made up of some of my best friends is still one of my most cherished musical memories. I hope future audiences will get the chance to visit Sleepy Hollow through my music and enjoy a little fright.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes on the 2021 Revision:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI've always been a little upset that this piece never went on to have performances beyond the premiere. As I got older I realized that the piece, while pretty good, was a little too \"fat\" and needed trimming. The lockdown in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic afforded me the time to begin revising the piece and a performance by the New England Film Orchestra in October, 2022 gave me the kick I needed to finish the revision. The result is a piece that is five minutes shorter with tighter orchestration (the original version called for six percussionists, this one calls for four) and a refinement of some of the musical gestures. This piece is where many of the techniques that make up my mature \"voice\" first showed up. In some instances I chose to embrace them in their primordial form, in others I chose to update them to better reflect who I am as a composer today. Other sections of the original version amounted to little more than theft from the composers I was interested in at the time (notably a direct lift from The Rite of Spring in the fourth movement), these sections have been removed and in the places where new music was required I inserted an allusion to the composer rather than an outright quotation. Furthermore, much of the narration has been excised or updated so as not to cloud the music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOrchestral performance parts are available via rental.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/justatheorypress.com\/pages\/rental-quote\" title=\"Just a Theory — Rental Quote\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for a rental quote.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kylewernke.com\/legend-of-sleepy-hollow\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eA recording of the original 2012 version is available here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #3f6e7c;\n   color: #fff;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #335c68;\n   color: #fff;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Orchestra \/ Physical Delivery \/ Score Only","offer_id":47874664759583,"sku":"JAT-133-006-FS","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Orchestra \/ PDF Download \/ Score Only","offer_id":47874664792351,"sku":"JAT-133-006-FSe","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/1586\/5887\/files\/Wernke_TheLegendofSleepyHollow00TransposedScore-01.png?v=1710345393"},{"product_id":"to-the-stars-orchestra","title":"To The Stars (orchestra)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"col sqs-col-6 span-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1588794460425_5865\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo The Stars, \u003c\/em\u003eKyle Wernke \u003cbr\u003efor orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI fondly remember the day my father came home from the library with a VHS copy of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. I must have been no older than seven or eight (certainly not old enough to realize that The Final Frontier is one of the worst Star Trek films), but the moment I saw the Enterprise on screen I was in love. As I got older, I came to realize that Star Trek is about a lot more than spaceships and phaser fights: Star Trek at its best looks at the problems of today through the lens of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe music of Star Trek plays no small part in making it as successful as it has been and as I grew older, I fell in love with the franchise’s extraordinary music. Whether it’s the pointed brass of Alexander Courage and Fred Steiner’s scores for The Original Series or the sweeping strings of James Horner’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the music of Star Trek has played an enormous role in making me the composer I am today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the Stars is a love letter to the music of Star Trek. There are obvious nods to moments in Jerry Goldsmith’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture and James Horner’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, but there’s plenty of my voice here too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is my hope that the musicians who play this piece, and the audiences who hear it, are transported beyond our pale blue dot to the cosmos, if only for five minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOrchestral performance parts are available via rental.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/justatheorypress.com\/pages\/rental-quote\" title=\"Just a Theory — Rental Quote\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for a rental quote.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #3f6e7c;\n   color: #fff;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #335c68;\n   color: #fff;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Orchestra \/ Physical Delivery \/ Score Only","offer_id":47874898755871,"sku":"JAT-133-008-S","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Orchestra \/ PDF Download \/ Score Only","offer_id":47874898788639,"sku":"JAT-133-008-Se","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/1586\/5887\/files\/KyleWernke_TotheStars_Orchestra_FullScore-01.png?v=1710769920"},{"product_id":"pentimento","title":"Pentimento (Fantasy for Orchestra Painted Over Themes by Beethoven)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePentimento (Fantasy for Orchestra Painted Over Themes by Beethoven), \u003c\/em\u003eMatt Browne (2017)\u003cbr\u003efor orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A pentimento an alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed his or her mind as to the composition during the process of painting.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeethoven was known for being a perfectionist, revising his works several times before being satisfied with them. 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(BMI) Ralph N. Jackson commission. The most dazzling place I knew as a kid was my grandparents' house in Nkorthern Indiana's Dune Acres, on the south shore of Lake Michigan. With architectural characteristics of Bauhaus and the International Style, the house was supreme funkytown: cool angles everywhere, half-walls, a bewindowed breakfast nook that jetted out over trees, and the \"yard\" of dunes and beach. I wrote my first music in Dune Acres, and the house itself ignited my love and study of modern architecture. Our family visited there most summers of my childhood, and when the weather held we spent long lazy mornings at the lake. After lunch, while others napped, I snuck outside and made up songs, sang with the crickets, waves and trees. My grandparents and parents are no longer living, and the music of \u003cem\u003eDune Acres\u003c\/em\u003e will serve as a thank-you note to them and the magnificence of our Great Lakes. Dune Acres is where I became a composer, and our visits there housed my discovery of the utter funness of writing music. Sometimes, I went out alone in the rain. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrchestra Instrumentation: \u003c\/strong\u003e3.2.2.2\/4.3.3.1\/2 perc\/hp\/str\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrchestral performance parts are available via rental.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/justatheorypress.com\/pages\/rental-quote\" title=\"Just a Theory — Rental Quote\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for a rental quote.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wN-Te02EwBA?si=lTRex_whYxxhLjQp\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Full Score \/ Physical Delivery","offer_id":47957987197215,"sku":"JAT-121-008-FS","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Full Score \/ PDF Download","offer_id":47957987164447,"sku":"JAT-121-008-FSe","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/1586\/5887\/files\/Kuster_DuneAcres00Score-01.png?v=1711118811"},{"product_id":"moxie","title":"MOXIE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMOXIE, \u003c\/em\u003eKristin Kuster (2015) 5'\u003cbr\u003efor orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKristin Kuster was one of ten composers asked to write a new piece of music to celebrate the Baltimore Symphony’s one-hundredth anniversary. 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Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne autumn day in 2014, my phone rang unexpectedly and I was met with a familiar deep, resonant voice. Philippe Sly and I had first collaborated on the orchestral premiere of my song cycle, \u003cem\u003eThe Keats Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e, while we were both still based in Montreal, and he was now interested in embarking on a new vocal project. Phil remains one of the most inspiring musicians I’ve had the pleasure of working with, so there was no hesitation in my response. We quickly started developing the idea for a large-scale work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome years earlier, while researching possible texts to set for a different project, I’d come across D.H. Lawrence’s The Ship of Death. It had immediately drawn me in, sung to me, in a way that I knew I had to set it to music one day. When the new project with Phil came up, I was drawn back to that text, which seemed finally complete with his voice uttering it in my head.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt has taken some time for the circumstances to align just right, but finally we’re pleased to present the results of our collaboration: Into Oblivion, a symphonic song cycle for bass-baritone and orchestra.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough D.H. Lawrence’s literary oeuvre had largely been dominated by a preoccupation with human relationships, his failing health in the last years of his too-short life prompted him towards some darker topics. The Ship of Death, composed in autumn 1929 while Lawrence was dying from tuberculosis, is a particularly solitary and darkly introspective work in which the poet grapples with his own mortality. 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