Midnight Escape, for trumpet sextet

Instrumentation: trumpet sextet

Year Composed: 2023

Duration: 4’14”

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Available on Palisade Trumpet Collective album, Sojourn (released March 15, 2024) - Mark Records

Program Notes:

Commissioned by the Palisade Trumpet Collective, the piece Midnight Escape was composed in February 2023. In the piece, elements of fanfare and fugue combine to follow a character’s escape. It opens with a call, like alarm bells, signaling the beginning of the journey. Then, the rhythmic accompaniment simulates the steadiness of running. In the middle, the energy slows, symbolizing the character’s inner turmoil as tiredness sets in. However, the character regains the energy to power through and resume running until they reach safety.