Program Notes
On Cliff’s Edge is abstract with the two sections representing opposites like light and dark, happiness and sadness as well as detached and sustained. On Cliff’s Edge is the imaginary line which separates these opposites much like the horizon between land and sky.
Commission Details
On Cliff’s Edge was commissioned by the J.T. Lambert Intermediate School Combined 6th Grade Band, East Stroudsburg, PA, Matthew Whitney, director.
Additional Recording(s)
Details
Category
Concert Band, Young Band
Grade Level
Gr. 2
Instrumentation
2 flutes, 1 oboe, 2 b-flat clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 1 bassoon, saxes (atb), 2 b-flat trumpets, 1 horn, 1 tenor trombones, 1 euphonium, 1 tuba, timpani, percussion (4 players)
Duration
3 minutes
Completed Year
2010
World Premiere
J.T. Lambert Combined Sixth Grade Band, Matthew Whitney, conductor; DeSoto, TX (March 8, 2011)
