Kaleidoscope
"Kaleidoscope," composed by then sixteen-year-old trumpeter and composer Skylar Tang, was the winner of the 2022 Essentially Ellington Festival Student Composition & Arranging Contest. A dynamic piece with a driving 9/8 Afro-Cuban groove, Kaleidoscope leads the listener through contrasting moments of intense suspense and introspective tranquility.
Included: PDF digital download of full transposed score, all parts, and reference mp3.
Level: College
5 saxes/4 trumpets/4 trombones/guitar, piano, bass, drums
Solo sections in piano and tenor 1 (note: reference recording replaces piano solo for a trumpet solo)
Highest note for lead trumpet: Concert D6 (written high E)
Highest note for lead trombone: Concert Bb6
"Kaleidoscope," composed by then sixteen-year-old trumpeter and composer Skylar Tang, was the winner of the 2022 Essentially Ellington Festival Student Composition & Arranging Contest. A dynamic piece with a driving 9/8 Afro-Cuban groove, Kaleidoscope leads the listener through contrasting moments of intense suspense and introspective tranquility.
Included: PDF digital download of full transposed score, all parts, and reference mp3.
Level: College
5 saxes/4 trumpets/4 trombones/guitar, piano, bass, drums
Solo sections in piano and tenor 1 (note: reference recording replaces piano solo for a trumpet solo)
Highest note for lead trumpet: Concert D6 (written high E)
Highest note for lead trombone: Concert Bb6
"Kaleidoscope," composed by then sixteen-year-old trumpeter and composer Skylar Tang, was the winner of the 2022 Essentially Ellington Festival Student Composition & Arranging Contest. A dynamic piece with a driving 9/8 Afro-Cuban groove, Kaleidoscope leads the listener through contrasting moments of intense suspense and introspective tranquility.
Included: PDF digital download of full transposed score, all parts, and reference mp3.
Level: College
5 saxes/4 trumpets/4 trombones/guitar, piano, bass, drums
Solo sections in piano and tenor 1 (note: reference recording replaces piano solo for a trumpet solo)
Highest note for lead trumpet: Concert D6 (written high E)
Highest note for lead trombone: Concert Bb6
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