Wise Ones (for fourteen players)

For fourteen players
November 2016, Revised November 2020
Duration: ~7 minutes

Purchase the score here, and the score and parts here.


At the time I was writing this piece, I was spending a lot of time with Ornette Coleman’s Peace, Arthur Russell’s Tower of Meaning, Gil Evans’ arrangements on the Miles Davis album Birth of the Cool, and Wayne Shorter’s Alegría. The instrumentation is:

Flute
English Horn
Clarinet in Bb
Bassoon
Horn in F
Flugelhorn
Trombone
Vibraphone, Suspended Cymbal (one player)
Bass Drum, Glockenspiel (one player)
Violin
Viola
Cello
Bass

This piece has never been performed, and I would absolutely love to have someone play it one day. If you’d like to play it, please contact me.