Summer Suite

Summer Suite for trumpet in three movements

1. Popsicle Rocket Sunrise ca. 4:00
2. Still Life with Melon & Sand ca. 5:30
3. Red Cherry Lark ca. 4:00
combined duration ca. 13:30

Summer Suite has been awarded both the 2013 Cheryl A. Spector Prize and Third Prize in the Third Millennium Ensemble's 2013 Composers Competition.

"Summer Suite is an outstanding piece. A work of great depth and beauty!" -Richard Harris, Washington D.C.

Summer Suite was commissioned by:
Brian Chin, Seattle, Washington
Nate Mayfield, Austin, Texas
Bryan Appleby-Wineberg, Glassboro, New Jersey
Adrian Kelly, Perth, Australia
Marco Esperti, Italy
Matt Burke, Manchester, U.K.

The accompaniment for Summer Suite is also available in arrangements for trumpet and string quartet (with or without piano.  The version with strings is available here.

The PDF download option includes a piano recording of each movement for rehearsal purposes. PDF version includes trumpet in Bb and C. Print version includes Bb trumpet only.

Nice live rendition on YouTube by Matt Swihart of Movmt. II - "Still Life with Melon and Sand"