Description
This is the perusal score for all three movements of “The Initiation” by Mary D. Watkins. When you make your payment for this score, you can download it right away from the web page that comes up to confirm your payment or you can download it from the link that will come in your confirmation email.
The file is 90 pages long and is designed to be printed on 11″ x 17″ paper. The perusal score includes:
I. Trepidation (Page 1)
II. Dawning (Page 28)
III. Deliverance (Page 56)
The Initiation is a 24-minute orchestral piece that was commissioned by Women in the Arts/National Women’s Music Festival. Nan Harrison Washburn conducted the National Women’s Music Festival Orchestra for the premiere on July 2, 2016 in Middleton, Wisconsin.
Composer’s Note:
This piece is about a vision quest, and the sometimes frightening risks we must take in order to understand what our lives are about. I was especially inspired by watching documentaries about mountain climbers.
The three movements are called Trepidation, Dawning, and Deliverance. The first movement is about starting out on the journey, the second is about overcoming our fears and the dawning realization that the universe is supporting our journeys. The third movement is about finding our way home after our long journeys.
Audio Clips: You can listen to a two-minute excerpt of the second movement and a 3-minute excerpt from the third movement on my Vimeo channel.
Full Recording: You can listen to an audio recording of the full piece performed by the Michigan Philharmonic and conducted by Nan Washburn in 2019 by clicking on the links below:
Instrument List: 2 Flutes (1 Piccolo), 2 Oboes (1 English Horn), 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 1 Trombone, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Tuba, Timpani, Percussion 1 (Suspended Cymbal, Crash Cymbal, Tambourine, Tam-Tam), Percussion 2 (Snare Drum, Bass Drum), Chimes, Marimba, Pianoforte, 2 Violins, 1 Viola, 1 Violoncello, 1 Contrabass
The performance rights for this piece are handled by BMI.
Thanks Leslie D. Judd, Susanne DiVincenzo, Kaia Skaggs, and Martha Richards, for helping me create this new engraving for my online store.
