Trinity River

for reed trio

8’

Garrison Gerard
2020
 Performance Notes

Indicates an open time signature—notation is proportional, with

coincidence points having dashed barlines.

The line following the trill marking indicates the relative speed of the trill.
The note to be trilled to is in parenthesis.

Timbral Trill (t.t.) is an instruction to trill to the same note (bisbigliando).

“Echo Tone” for the clarinet is similar to sub-tone: play with a shrouded timbre.

Accidentals apply only to that note and any of that same note (in the same octave) that
are beamed together.

The dynamic throughout is very soft. Higher notes may require a louder dynamic than
indicated to speak, but there should be as much of a restrained quality as possible to
these high notes—an airy sound is not only permissible, but encouraged.

The clarinet is something given a tremolo across the range of an octave and one half
throughout—these should not be taken as literal tremolandi, rather, the result will be a
timbral trill on the upper note with the lower pitch sounding occasionally based on
speed and dynamic. The line above indicates the relative speed of the “tremolo,” but
the performer should feel free to alter the speed (and the dynamic to some extent) to
create an unstable, airy sound that moves between the two pitches.

Program Note

The Trinity River winds through the state of Texas, with multiple forks spreading
through cities such as Dallas, before terminating in the Gulf of Mexico. This piece
imagines that river’s path in music.
 Trinity River
Garrison Gerard

4
 

4          
= 72

  
Oboe

             
        
  
Clarinet in B♭

         

 
Bassoon

              
  
5


Ob.

  
 
       
timbral trill


     
Cl. in B♭


  

   
timbral trill

          
  
Bsn.

 
        
               
  
9

   
    
Ob.

   
      

       
   

Cl. in B♭

    
Bsn.
2 Trinity River

   
    
13

  
Ob.

       
  

Cl. in B♭

   t.t.
     

     
  
t.t.

  
 
     
Bsn.

      
          
timbral trill

        
17

  
Ob.

 
  
            
  
 
Cl. in B♭

     
      

Bsn.



      
t.t.

  
t.t.

    
A

   
21

    
Ob.

  
        
t.t.

     
     

    
Cl. in B♭

    
   
 
Bsn.
 
Trinity River 3

 3 4 
     
   4            
8 

25

   
  
Ob.

    
            
  
    
Cl. in B♭

           
    
 

Bsn.

   

            
 
31

     
Ob.

  
 
t.t.

       

 
Cl. in B♭

       
     
   
Bsn.

     
  
t.t.

     
34

   
Ob.

    
    

    
Cl. in B♭


       
     
Bsn.
4 Trinity River  = 
9
    t.t.
 
  8   
t.t.

    
B

    
37

 
 
Ob.

    
          
    
        
   
Cl. in B♭

 
   
    
sub.


t.t.

 
Bsn.

    
  
   
40

 
Ob.

                   
   sub.
Cl. in B♭


           
t.t.


Bsn.

  4
4
   
43


Ob.

             
Cl. in B♭         

   
   
Bsn.


 Trinity River 5

    8
4 
 
6


4   

   

 
   
45

  
Ob.


     
      
        
  sub.
Cl. in B♭

            
  


 
Bsn.

9
           
8         
   
t.t.

  
48

  
Ob.

                
 
 
Cl. in B♭

             
  
Bsn.

   
    
t.t.

  
52
X C
  
    
Ob.

   
 
  
t.t.

  
    
Cl. in B♭

 
  
t.t.

   
      
Bsn.

  
 
6 Trinity River


    

58

   
Ob.



 
   

Cl. in B♭

  
 
   
   
Bsn.

  
 
     
t.t.

     
t.t.

   
   
 
  
61

 
  sub.
Ob.

 
 

 
  
Cl. in B♭

 

  
t.t.


Bsn.

  
   



  
  
64

 
  
Ob.

   
        
   
   sub.
Cl. in B♭

 
 
t.t.

  
 
    
Bsn.
 Trinity River 7

 
    
    
D


68


Ob.

  

         

Cl. in B♭

  
                 
   
Bsn.

 
 
     
71


Ob.

   
       
 
 
Cl. in B♭

   
Bsn.
  


      
Becoming Rhythmic

  
73

Ob.

    
     
Cl. in B♭     

 
Bsn.
     
8 Trinity River



    

t.t.


75

             
Ob.

     


  
Cl. in B♭

              
Bsn.
    

4
4 E
   
       
78
 = 66


Ob.

     
 
             
 
Cl. in B♭


  t.t.
 
  
t.t.



Bsn.

 
        
81

      
Ob.

  

 
  
  
Cl. in B♭

 
       

Bsn.
 Trinity River 9


          
85

    
Ob.

         
       
      
Cl. in B♭

 
   
   
          

Bsn.

F

       
t.t.

  

89

     
Ob.

 
   
t.t.


  

     
 
Cl. in B♭

      
          
t.t.

 
Bsn.


        

  

  
93

 
Ob.

 
    
      
    
    
Cl. in B♭


   
 
  
   

    
Bsn.
 
10 Trinity River

           
      

97

     
Ob.

 
    
       
 
      
Cl. in B♭

  
            
t.t.

 
Bsn.

     t.t.
         
 
t.t.


100

  t.t.   
Ob.

     
  
    

      
Cl. in B♭

     

       
t.t. t.t.

        
t.t. t.t.

    
Bsn.

   

   
            
   
104
t.t. G t.t.

 
Ob.

     
   
Cl. in B♭

      
   
t.t.

      
  
Bsn.
 Trinity River 11

      
 
108

 
Ob.

 
    

 

  

     
    
Cl. in B♭

         
Bsn.

              

110

        
Ob.

        
    
  
Cl. in B♭

 
Bsn.
  

  
         
string.

 
112

 
Ob.

             
        
sub tone


Cl. in B♭

  
        
   
Bsn.
12 Trinity River

6
   
       
      
8
t.t.

  
H  = 68 t.t.

     
115

 
 
Ob.

  
    ord.
                
  
Cl. in B♭

 

t.t.

       
 
Bsn.

4 6
        8
    8   

t.t.

  
120

 

Ob.

  
    
       
 

Cl. in B♭

 
       

t.t.

    

Bsn.

 
3
     8
4I 2
 4     
t.t.

   4

124

   
Ob.


        
     
        
           

Cl. in B♭

   
         
 
Bsn.
 Trinity River 13

2

4 3
4 
             
4 8
   
128


    
Ob.

     
        
 
    
 
          
Cl. in B♭

  
   
Bsn.

3 4 3
8   4  6
   4   8
t.t.


131

   
Ob.

         
           
      
   
Cl. in B♭

      
  
Bsn.

  

6J
8                          
 
136

 

Ob.

            
     
 
Cl. in B♭

       
       
 
Bsn.
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2 
  
4
 4    
    
4
   
140

 
Ob.

  
      


 

       

 
Cl. in B♭

  
   


Bsn.
     

 
4K   3
t.t.

4      8
   
146

  
     
Ob.

         
    
  
 

Cl. in B♭

     

Bsn.

3 4
       
8 4   

150


Ob.

      

 
Cl. in B♭

              
t.t.

       
    
    
Bsn.
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       3 4

4
       


4  4
   
153

   t.t.
   
Ob.

  
    
t.t.

           
   
Cl. in B♭

   
          
t.t.

       
  
Bsn.

4L  
 
t.t.

4     
 
157

  
Ob.

   
              
   
  
Cl. in B♭

 
     
  
   
Bsn.

 
 
    

161

Ob.

    
     


 
  
          
Cl. in B♭

  
    
 
Bsn.
16 Trinity River

       
   
164

Ob.


Cl. in B♭         

       
 
Bsn.
      


          
      
168

 
Ob.


   
    

Cl. in B♭

       
     
   
Bsn.   


    
171

Ob.

    
     
Cl. in B♭

     
Bsn.
      