RAINBOW SONG - JUDY BOZONE
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S O N G<br />
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J U D Y B O Z O N E<br />
<strong>RAINBOW</strong><br />
<strong>SONG</strong><br />
For Adaptable Band<br />
(2021)<br />
<strong>JUDY</strong> <strong>BOZONE</strong> MUSIC<br />
www.judybozonemusic.com
Rainbow Song (2021) was commissioned by<br />
Robert Ambrose and Mary Cogswell, for the Beginner Band Adaptable<br />
Series<br />
Performance materials are available at Murphy Music Press<br />
Published by Judy Bozone Music<br />
www.judybozonemusic.com<br />
Copyright 2021 by Judy Bozone<br />
International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Printed in the<br />
U.S.A.<br />
First printed March 2021
Biography<br />
Judy Bozone’s music is eclectic and vivid, like the composer herself. She earned her<br />
Bachelors degree in composition, with minors in philosophy and history at Baylor University in<br />
Waco, Texas before completing both her Masters and Doctoral degrees at the University of<br />
Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A past participant at<br />
Bang on A Can, the Aspen Music Festival, the American Music Festival, the Thailand<br />
International Composition Festival, and other festivals, Judy thoroughly enjoys opportunities to<br />
work alongside today’s multi-faceted generation of performers, composers and teachers.<br />
Judy’s music actively explores texture, tonality and space while maintaining a strong<br />
perspective. Her music will often include inspiration from many art forms including poems and<br />
visual art, some of which she created as a backdrop for the music.<br />
Judy currently teaches music theory, composition, ear training, and orchestration at Texas<br />
A&M University Commerce, where she heads the Music Theory area. She avidly supports<br />
contemporary music for all and enjoys sharing her unique musical point of view with<br />
others. She would love to hear from you through email of on her website<br />
www.judybozonemusic.com
Composer’s Note<br />
Rainbow Song, for adaptable band, is a contrapuntal fanfare for a Rainbow. In the music, several<br />
notes are slurred together into melodic ideas that look like ‘rainbows’ in the music. To me, this<br />
fanfare has a big, majestic sound, like a Rainbow covering the full sky with no beginning or end<br />
– just like the melodies of the music that go back and forth between notes.<br />
Rainbow Song also has harmonic elements, called musical chords, that lead the music forward<br />
and are fun to tune with bandmates as you play, listening to each other as a group, while making<br />
sure your own unique note blends into the musical texture. A chord is made of many notes<br />
(usually three) that sound in the music at the same time. You can hear chords in this music, and<br />
many other kinds of music too. Special percussion instruments, like the windchime, also help<br />
create a glimmering atmosphere around the chords and melodies.<br />
Performance Note to Director:<br />
In the spirit of leadership and improvisation, feel free to add repeated eighth notes into the mallet<br />
parts (doubling C Treble Clef Parts 1, 2, 3, 4), for unique decoration, as you see fit during<br />
rehearsal and performance. Enjoy leading an improvisational example for your students by rearticulating<br />
the malleted parts for extra ‘sparkle’ as you wish.<br />
I sincerely hope your students enjoy this music and continue to develop, share and cultivate a<br />
love of music for themselves, their friends, families and local communities. Everyone I know<br />
was once a beginner!<br />
- JLB
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