Éclectique

This piece was written at the CSU Summer Arts International Brass Quintet Composition Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay, and premiered on July 20th, 2016 by the New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet. The version played tonight is an edited version of that original performance, incorporating more of what I have learned about brass quintets and composition as a whole. The title comes from the variety of styles touched upon in the short three-minute piece. It feels like a musical theater overture, with themes coming back over and over in new ways each time.