NOIR

NOIR (2024) for tenor sax, electric guitar, and wind ensemble Jennifer Bellor, composer Duration: 10' Tenor sax and electric parts include improvisation sections. Instrumentation: Piccolo Flutes 1,2 Flute 3,4 Oboes 1,2 English Horn Clarinet in Eb Clarinets 1,2 in Bb Clarinets 3,4 in Bb *Basset Horn Bass Clarinet in Bb *Contrabass Clarinet in Bb Bassoons 1,2 *Contrabassoon Soprano Saxophone Alto Saxophones 1,2 Tenor Saxophone Baritone Saxophone Horns 1,2 in F Horns 3,4 in F Trumpets 1,2 in Bb Trumpets 3,4 in Bb Trombones 1,2 Bass Trombone Euphonium Tuba Tenor Saxophone with improvisation Electric Guitar with improvisation Piano Drum Set with improvisation 6 Percussionists (Tubular Bells, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle, Bass Drum, Wind Chimes, Large Gong (large gong or tam-tam), Glockenspiel, Crotales (high octave)) Timpani *Violoncello Double Bass *FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENTATION & PERFORMANCE NOTES Any instrumental parts with an (*) are optional. In the event that players for a specific instrumentent not labeled with an (*) are not available, they may be omitted as long as that part is doubled in another instrument of the same range. www.jenniferbellor.com NOIR for wind ensemble was commissioned and premiered by the Gustavus Wind Orchestra under the direction of James Patrick Miller.