Jupiter, Colossus
Orchestra
2017
Please email me at chelsea@komschlies.com if you are interested in the score and parts for performance.
Instrumentation:
2 flutes1 oboe
1 English horn
2 clarinets in B-flat
2 bassoons
4 horns in F
3 trumpets
2 tenor trombones
1 bass trombone
1 tuba
Timpani
3 Percussionists
Harp
Celesta
Strings
Jupiter, Colossus was written between December 2016 and February 2017, during the time when NASA’s Juno probe was in the midst of its first orbits around Jupiter. I wanted to commemorate this feat of scientific and technological achievement, as I believe space exploration is one of our greatest accomplishments as a human race and deserves to be celebrated and continued. The piece draws heavily from the style of film score, which was one of my first musical loves.
Performance History:
Premiere: Curtis Institute of Music
Curtis Symphony Orchestra; Carlos Ágreda, conductor
Gould Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA
April 1, 2017
NorCal Music Festival
Norcal Music Festival Orchestra
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
June 1, 2019
NorCal Music Festival
Norcal Music Festival Orchestra
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
San Francisco, CA, USA
June 2, 2019