Syzygy-Viet Cuong

VIET CUONG
Commissioned by the Center Grove Middle School Central Instrumental Music Program,
Ashley Carney and Samuel Fritz, Directors
Syzygy
(2019)
for young concert band
Copyright © 2019, Viet Cuong, All Rights Reserved

Instrumentation:
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon (optional)
Clarinet in Bb 1
Clarinet in Bb 2
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet in Bb 1
Trumpet in Bb 2
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Duration: 1.5 minutes
Transposed Score
Program Notes:
“Sygyzy” is a term used in astrology to describe interesting configurations of three or more celestial
bodies, such as the sun, earth, and moon. My piece begins with every instrument playing the same
melody together, as if they’re planets in alignment. Afterward, the band is divided into three
groups and their entrances on this same melody are staggered. (The fancy musical term for this
sort of writing is a “canon”—think Row, Row, Row Your Boat.) By both aligning and staggering the
melody in various ways, I hope to represent different formations that celestial bodies can create
while in orbit, from perfect eclipses to zigzag-like formations.
Syzygy is one sixth of a group commission with the Blue Dot Collective for the Center Grove
Middle School Central Instrumental Music Program, Ashley Carney and Samuel Fritz, Directors.

Transposed Score
1
Flute
2
Oboe
Bassoon
1
Clarinet in B♭
2
Bass Clarinet
1
Alto Saxophone
2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
1
Trumpet in B♭
2
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
A
Allegro = 96
Commissioned by the Center Grove Middle School Central Instrumental Music Program,
Ashley Carney and Samuel Fritz, Directors
Syzygy
Viet Cuong
Crash Cymbal
Bass Drum
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Copyright © 2019 Viet Cuong, All Rights Reserved

2 Syzygy
1
Fl.
2
Ob.
Bsn
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
A. Sax.
2
T. Sax.
Bar. Sax.
1
B
C
Tpt in B♭
2
Hn in F
Tbn
Euph.
Tba
Timp.
Glock.
Xyl.
Cr. Cym.
B. Dr.
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Syzygy
3
1
Fl.
2
Ob.
Bsn
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
A. Sax.
2
T. Sax.
Bar. Sax.
D
E
1
Tpt in B♭
2
Hn in F
Tbn
Euph.
Tba
Timp.
Glock.
Xyl.
Cr. Cym.
B. Dr.
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

4 Syzygy
1
Fl.
2
Ob.
Bsn
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
A. Sax.
2
T. Sax.
Bar. Sax.
1
Tpt in B♭
2
Hn in F
Tbn
Euph.
Tba
Timp.
Glock.
Xyl.
Cr. Cym.
B. Dr.
sub.
sub.
F
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
G

Syzygy
5
1
Fl.
2
Ob.
Bsn
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
A. Sax.
2
T. Sax.
Bar. Sax.
1
Tpt in B♭
2
Hn in F
Tbn
Euph.
Tba
Timp.
Glock.
Xyl.
Cr. Cym.
B. Dr.
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
H
sub.
sub.
damp.
damp.
damp.
damp.
damp.
damp.
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
I

6 Syzygy
1
Fl.
2
Ob.
Bsn
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
A. Sax.
2
T. Sax.
Bar. Sax.
1
Tpt in B♭
2
Hn in F
Tbn
Euph.
Tba
Timp.
Glock.
Xyl.
Cr. Cym.
B. Dr.
J K L
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
damp.
damp.
damp.
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

Syzygy
7
1
Fl.
2
Ob.
Bsn
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
A. Sax.
2
T. Sax.
Bar. Sax.
1
Tpt in B♭
2
Hn in F
Tbn
Euph.
Tba
Timp.
Glock.
Xyl.
Cr. Cym.
B. Dr.
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
damp.
( )
M
( )
( )
( )
( )
damp.
( )
( )
damp.
damp.
damp.
damp.
99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114
( )
N

8 Syzygy
1
Fl.
2
Ob.
Bsn
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
A. Sax.
2
T. Sax.
Bar. Sax.
1
Tpt in B♭
2
Hn in F
Tbn
Euph.
O
P
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
Tba
sub.
Timp.
Glock.
damp.
damp.
sub.
Xyl.
Cr. Cym.
B. Dr.
damp. damp. damp.
damp. damp. damp.
115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128

Syzygy
9
1
Fl.
2
Ob.
Bsn
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
A. Sax.
2
T. Sax.
Bar. Sax.
1
Tpt in B♭
2
Hn in F
Tbn
Euph.
Tba
Timp.
Glock.
Xyl.
Cr. Cym.
B. Dr.
Q
129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144
damp.
damp.
damp.
damp.