Traveling Song by DanielEricMorel

Written for the Washingtonville School Concert Band.

The following Traveling Song for concert band echoes lilting melodies one might hum while wandering through the woods. It opens with flutes and clarinets gently pondering motives, accompanied by a slow but steady march in the percussion. As trumpets and horns join, the
melody leads to a quick climax and starts in again from the beginning - this time with a hemiola of 2 against the melody’s 3. As the “song” builds intensity, each instrument adds to the melody, shifting its character and progressing to a final climax of several melodies and countermelodies.