Dooley: Yellow Red Blue (2021)

Dooley: Yellow Red Blue (2021)
Michigan State Wind Symphony
Kevin Sedatole, conductor
September 29, 2022
Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Michigan State University
Movement I: 0:00
Movement I: 4:57
Yellow Red Blue (2021) honors Dr. Joseph Missal's storied career in the wind band world, and his retirement and 35 years of service and dedication to the Greenwood School of Music at Oklahoma State University. In two contrasting movements, Yellow Red Blue explores Dr. Missal's love of chamber music, melody, counterpoint, color and structure, taking inspiration from his favorite visual artist, Gerhard Richter.
In the first movement I pay tribute to Dr. Missal's mentorship of thousands of young musicians throughout his career. The soprano saxophone opens the first movement with a haunting waltz-like melody, accompanied by pulsating clarinet and vibraphone chords. I transform the theme through a series of playful and contrapuntal variations in both chamber and tutti configurations in the woodwinds, brass and percussion.
In the second movement I have composed music inspired by Dr. Missal's command on the podium, his musical intensity, and the sonic energy cultivated with his wind band at Oklahoma State University. In a series of rapidly shifting sonic color fields, in the form of chordal fragments and variations, I blend rich jazz harmonies with Baroque and Renaissance era musical styles.
Sponsor
Michael and Anne Greenwood
Institutions
Ball State University, Thomas Caneva & Caroline Hand
Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma Alpha Chapters, Oklahoma State University
New Mexico State University, Steven Smyth
Oklahoma State University Bands, Doug Henderson & Tyler Austin
Oklahoma State University Greenwood School of Music
Stephen F Austin State University, Tamey Anglley
University of New Mexico, Chad Simons
University of Texas at El Paso, Bradley Genevro
Individuals
Andrew Anderson
Tyler Austin
Monte Grise
Douglas Henderson
Barry Kraus
Benjamin Lorenzo
Jason Missal
Steve Nelson
Andrew Raven
Marc Sosnowchik
Bradley Snow
Derek Stoughton
Erika Svanoe
Kevin Varga