Twitch (quartet version)
Arranger/Composer: Nathan Daughtrey
Item Code: 31870
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Originally written for solo clarinet and wind ensemble, Twitch was premiered at the 2016 Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. The excitement from beginning to end is palpable. Even in the calmer sections, fast, syncopated motives are thrown around the clarinet quartet to keep the drive alive.
Program Notes
Originally written for solo clarinet and wind ensemble, Twitch was commissioned by DC Tour & Travel (Jon Locke, CEO) for the Spring High School Wind Ensemble (Spring, Texas), directed by Gabe Musella, for performance at the 70th Annual Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic (Chicago, Illinois) with guest clarinet soloist Sasha Potiomkin of the Houston Symphony. The connecting thread for the piece ended up being an embedded clarinet quartet, so adapting for this instrumentation was natural. The excitement from beginning to end is palpable. Even in the calmer sections, fast, syncopated motives are thrown around the quartet to keep the drive alive.
Grade Level: Medium Advanced
Copyright: 2023
Number of Players: 4 + 1
Duration: 6:00
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Type: Quintet; With Soloist
Category: Woodwind
Sample PDFs
Instrumentation
Solo B-flat Clarinet
B-flat Clarinet 1
B-flat Clarinet 2
B-flat Clarinet 3
B-flat Bass Clarinet