Endeavor 3_0_SE_Edit_Sib7_Michael Barry_Schmidt Prepped_v1.50_Transposed_Final_[4] - Score

Instrumentation
FLUTE 1
FLUTE 2
PICCOLO
(Flute)
OBOE 1
OBOE 2
ENGLISH HORN 3
Bb CLARINET 1
Bb CLARINET 2
Eb CLARINET 3
Bb BASS CLARINET 4
BASSOON 1
BASSOON 2
CONTRABASSOON 3
!
ALTO SAXOPHONE 1
ALTO SAXOPHONE 2
TENOR SAXOPHONE 1
TENOR SAXOPHONE 2
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
!
F HORN 1
F HORN 2
F HORN 3
F HORN 4
Bb TRUMPET 1
Bb TRUMPET 2
Bb TRUMPET 3
TROMBONE 1
TROMBONE 2
TROMBONE 3
BARITONE 1
BARITONE 2
BASS TROMBONE
TUBA
!
TIMPANI
PERCUSSION 1
(Glock, Marimba, Vibraphone, Chimes)
PERCUSSION 2
(Triangle, Sus. Cymbal, Snare Drum, Sleigh Bells, Piatti,
Bass Drum)
!
PIANO/CELESTE
!
STRING BASS
!
Duration - ca. 5:00
About a year after I wrote “Like Our Fathers Before Us,” I had the idea to perhaps write another
piece for wind ensemble. I contacted my contractor, Noah Gladstone, and he began putting
an ensemble together for later in the month. At the same time, I began assembling some of
the frameworks to this piece, Endeavor (I prefer to work under deadlines; even if selfimposed).
In this work, I just wanted some more practice writing in traditional tutti textures for
the wind ensemble. In my head, I sort of knew how a piece like this would sound if I had
orchestrated it for orchestra, but I was curious how a wind ensemble setting would sound.
Compositionally, there is nothing groundbreaking in this work; it is traditional in almost all
senses of the word, but is hopefully still an enjoyable piece to play and listen to.