COSMOS

“COSMOS” was commissioned by The Spectrum Brass and premiered at The Spectrum Brass Seminar at the Bay View Music Festival on  July 25, 2020.   The Bay View Music Festival is the oldest music festival in the United States and is held just outside of Petoskey, Michigan on the shore of Little Traverse Bay.   

B♭ and C trumpet parts are included

ScoreFlipper audio recording by The Spectrum Brass.

The composer writes:

Strap in and prepare to be thrust into the stars at the moment where it all began. Flourishes of vivacious passages hurtle us outward from an explosive start. The composer depicts the creation of the universe as it expands immensely, forming space, time, matter, and energy.

The ominous passages that start the journey transition to a transcendental dance, as galaxies mold and splashes of hydrogen and helium merge to help form the rich psychedelic clouds and nebulae, filling the once dark void.

The work continues to propel the listener outward at breaking speed as life emerges and takes its place within the mass of luminescent energy within the Cosmos.