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Complete Band Instrumentation

2 - Tenor Saxophone
1 - Baritone Saxophone
4 - Horn in F
4 - Trumpet in Bb 1
4 - Trumpet in Bb 2
6 - Trombone
2 - Baritone B.C.
2 - Baritone T.C.

4 - Tuba
1 - Timpani
1 - Bells
1 - Vibraphone
1 - Marimba
2 - Suspended Cymbal
Crash Cymbals

1 - Full Score
8 - Flute
2 - Oboe
2 - Bassoon
6 - Bb Clarinet 1
6 - Bb Clarinet 2
2 - Bass Clarinet
4 - Alto Saxophone

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www.trnmusic.com

Colors of a New Day

About the Music - - -

Originally written for piano, Colors of a New Day was a second round
finalist in the state-wide Project XL arts competition in Indiana. The piece
was also a finalist in the First Frank Ticheli Composition Contest in 2006. It
was arranged for concert band in 2005 and first performed by the Madison
Consolidated High School Concert Band in Madison, IN. Colors of a New
Day was presented by Tim Holtan of the West Point Military Academy Band
as part of the publication Teaching Music Through Performance at the 2008
Midwest Conference.
Colors of a New Day is full of lyrical passages that should set well within
the ranges with which most middle school or high school instrumentalists are
comfortable. The accompaniment provides both a delicate harmonic structure
for the melody and complementary counter-melodic material. For an additional
source of variation the piece utilizes contrasting chamber ensembles, as the
piece is based on just one original melody.

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About the Composer - - -

Aaron Meacham is pursuing a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in

Music at the University of Kentucky. He is a euphonium student
of Dr. Skip Gray and has studied composition under William
Spencer-Pierce and Joseph Baber. In addition, Aaron is currently
a member of the University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble, Tuba-Euphonium
Ensemble, and Wildcat Marching Band. Over the past few years Aaron has
written and arranged pieces for piano, woodwind quintet, brass ensemble, and
concert band.

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