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Impressions Julie Giroux

"Impressions" takes the listener on a journey consisting of several highly contrasting sections. The opening theme, which is highly rhythmic in nature, is referred to as "Mathematics." The second section, entitled "The Most Noble of Professions," is broad and sweeping in nature, representing the impact teachers have on their students over the course of generations. The next sec ...

Mambo Perro Loco Julie Giroux

"Mambo Perro Loco" (Crazy Dog Mambo) is an original musical collage of Spanish dance forms including the salsa, bachata, merengue, the flamenco, the fandango and various classical and folk dance styles all set in 3/4 time. Traditional percussion instrumentation including the frog rasp and optional accordion further enhance the works ethnic color and rhythmic drive. Only a crazy ...

Overture in Five Flat Julie Giroux

"Overture in Five Flat" reflects the passion for speed and power that the composer and I share. As usual we did not talk about the work at all while it was being composed. Like a race car, hot-rod or super bike, this composition was built to run, not idle. One could make up many great stories about "Overture in Five Flat," and all would work. Simply, there is no underlying ...

The Blue Marble - (Complete, mvts 1-3) Julie Giroux

The Bonsai Tree Julie Giroux

[EN]Sandai-Shogun no Matsu, a five-needle pine bonsai (Pinus pentaphylla var. negishi) is considered one of Japan's national treasures. The tree is at least 500 years old and is considered to be one of the oldest known living bonsai trees. It is documented as having been cared for by Tokugawa Iemitsu (August 12, 1604 - June 8, 1651) who was the third shogun of the Tokugawa dyna ...

The Grace in Being Julie Giroux

Commissioned for the Sycamore School Symphonic Band, Indianapolis, Indiana, Candi Granlund, Band Director In memory of Dr. Donald W. JohnsonEverybody deserves to be what they are meant to be. To be exactly how God made them. This music was composed for all those who struggle with the oppression of this world, a world the has yet to embrace the differences inherent in each o ...

Three Fanfares Julie Giroux

An Epic Fanfare (1:12) Premiered December 17, 2003, at The Midwest Clinic, Chicago, Illinois by The United States Army Field Band, Colonel Finley R. Hamilton, Commander and Conductor II. Heroic Fanfare (00:47) III. Fanfare for the Fallen (1:20) Instrumentation 4 - Flute 1 4 - Flute 2 2 - Oboe 1 - English Horn 1 - E? Clarinet 4 - B? Clarinet 1 4 - B? Clarinet 2 ...

To the Bells of Berlin Cathedral Julie Giroux

There is a story told about Franz Kafka, a known bohemian author who lived from 1883-1924. It goes, something like this: While strolling through a park in Berlin, Franz Kafka chanced upon a little girl who was crying. When he inquired as to the reason for her distress, she explained that she had lost her doll somewhere in the park and she couldn't find it. Kafka searched for ...