Flying - Score and Parts - PDFs
Description: Beautifully orchestrated, this moving piece takes the audience on an emotional but rewarding journey.
This purchase includes an immediate download of the PDFs for the Conductor's Score and parts.
I don’t want to influence your imagination while you experience “Flying” but I will share how I experience it. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the idea of being able to fly. I even tried to build a helicopter and then an airplane. These projects were failures but it didn’t stop my imagination. I imagined soaring high above the trees and then climbing higher through the cloud layer and finally above the clouds with a rocket pack that I had created.
So for me, this piece is about a boy who realized his dreams and successfully created a rocket pack after months of work. In the opening section of the piece, I picture the boy going to his barn early in the morning before the sun has come out from behind the hills somewhere in rural Indiana where I’m from. A fog has drifted across the fields of the farm from the surrounding forest. Inside the barn, he lifts the tarp off of his prized possession, a creation that is the culmination of months of hard work and much trial and error. Today is the day to finally take his rocket pack on its first flight. After filling fluids and checking levels, he straps it to his back and walks out to the field behind the barn. The stars are still out but a hint of sunlight is glowing pink and purple in the horizon. Now standing in the middle of the field he starts to realize the implications of what he is about to do. Though he was filled with anticipation only moments before, he is now flooded with feelings of fear and doubt. No one has ever done this before. This is really dangerous. What if he crashes at takeoff or the gas tank explodes or something else goes wrong in mid-flight? But his dream is just too powerful for his faith to be overcome by this momentary uncertainty. He starts up the rocket pack, takes a deep breath… and begins his extraordinary flight.
Now let the music tell the rest of the story.
Description: Beautifully orchestrated, this moving piece takes the audience on an emotional but rewarding journey.
This purchase includes an immediate download of the PDFs for the Conductor's Score and parts.
You must also purchase the PDF version to receive this add-on. United States Customers only. International customers email matt@mattrileymusic.com for pricing. We partner with Art of Sound Music to professionally print music which includes imposition, parts, page turns, score binding, etc. They do great work and they do it every day. What we print
You must also purchase the PDF version to receive this add-on. United States Customers only. International customers email matt@mattrileymusic.com for pricing. We partner with Art of Sound Music to professionally print music which includes imposition, parts, page turns, score binding, etc. They do great work and they do it every day. What we print for each musical work: Score All parts including any copies
Scores: Covers on white, 80lb card stock. Score pages on Tabloid, Legal, Concert or Letter (depending on score size) white 28lb paper. Saddle-stitched binding for smaller scores. Black spiral coil binding for larger scores. Parts: 1-page parts on white 68 lb. letter size paper or Concert size depending on the piece. Multi-page parts on white 28 lb. tabloid or super tabloid and folded/saddle stitched Shipping: Delivery via USPS with tracking number provided to you. Orders typically ship within 2 business days.
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