Fourths Field (6-part, Bb trumpets)

This ensemble, composed in December 2013, is another one was written for the Perimeter College Trumpet Ensemble.  This piece again is a play on words and another piece featuring the melodic and harmonic interval of the 4th, a favorite for many trumpet ensemble composers. There’s a little jazz thrown in to keep everyone happy, including a slow jazz ballad like section followed by a 12-bar blues.  Trumpet 3 has chord changes for improvising.  The piece is approximately 5:20 long.

Here is a MIDI recording to give you an idea.  This piece was premiered at the Trumpet Festival of the Southeast, 2014 at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.