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Modern spirituality is centered on the "deepest values and meanings by which people live." It embraces the idea of an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality. It envisions an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being. This work embodies how someone may get through a rough part of their life with their inner spirituality being yoga, meditation, prayer, or self-focus.

Within the thirteen minutes of this concerto, three main sections are presented: pain, spirituality, and a joyful awakening. The painful section focuses on groves with mixing genres such as metal, jazz, and blues. Incorporated in this are scales that you may find in that music with beat patterns and extreme dissonance. In the spirituality section, the music focuses on self-meditation. The harmonies are quite static as the music only expands texturally, included with slight tempo variance. In the final section, the awakening is represented with fast and light musical gestures fluttering within the upper woodwinds and bells in the percussion. Focusing on major melodic figures, the concerto flies at a fast pace to the end with excitement and joy.





-Caleb Hammer

-November 17, 2017

-Age 22

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Flute 1/Piccolo

Flute 2-3

Oboe 1-2

Clarinet in Bb 1

Clarinet in Bb 2-3

Bass Clarinet in Bb

Bassoon

Contrabassoon

Soprano Saxophone

Alto Saxophone

Tenor Saxophone

Baritone Saxophone

Solo Alto Saxophone

Trumpet in Bb 1

Trumpet in Bb 2

Trumpet in Bb 3

Horn in F 1-2

Horn in F 3-4

Trombone 1

Trombone 2

Bass Trombone

Euphonium 1-2

Tuba

Bass Drum/Glockenspiel

Splash Cymbal/Suspended Cymbal/Glockenspiel

China Cymbal/Crash Cymbal/Hi-Hat

Marimba/Glockenspiel/Bass Drum

Vibraphone

Double Bass





-1 on a part is preferred, doubling is okay if needed

-Contrabassoon is highly prefered but is not required. The part is always covered in some way by another part throughout

- Eighth Note = Eighth Note Always. This is shown in the first situation needed in the score at measure #44