The Cranes
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This piece was commissioned by the Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, High School Orchestra, Erica Flyte, director.
The idea for the piece comes from the presence, at certain times of the year, of many kinds of migrating waterfowl (most impressively, many cranes!) near Fort Atkinson. And so the piece considers the flock as an ensemble that must work together as one, even as it is made up of many unique individuals whose differences and choices are essential to the function of the whole. To explore this idea, at several points in the piece, individual performers may creatively modify a variety of repeating passages within the common pulse of the orchestra.
This piece is suitable for a high school string orchestra or an exceptional middle school honors orchestra such as an All State group.
This piece was commissioned by the Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, High School Orchestra, Erica Flyte, director.
The idea for the piece comes from the presence, at certain times of the year, of many kinds of migrating waterfowl (most impressively, many cranes!) near Fort Atkinson. And so the piece considers the flock as an ensemble that must work together as one, even as it is made up of many unique individuals whose differences and choices are essential to the function of the whole. To explore this idea, at several points in the piece, individual performers may creatively modify a variety of repeating passages within the common pulse of the orchestra.
This piece is suitable for a high school string orchestra or an exceptional middle school honors orchestra such as an All State group.