Purchase Double Take - Piano Reduction

Purchase Double Take - Wind Ensemble Version

Year Composed: 2014

Duration: 9:00

Perusal Score (Wind Ensemble Version)
Instrumentation: Two Clarinets and Wind Ensemble or Two Clarinets and Piano

Video: Colorado State University at Solar Flair Festival (21:20-30:30) Wesley and Copper Ferreira, 2019

Video: ICA Premiere of Piano Reduction, Laura McLaughlin and Sarah Manasreh, 2023

Program Notes: A double take is a delayed reaction to a surprising or significant situation after an initial failure to notice anything unusual. This concept blossomed into several ideas which shaped the piece:  looking at something from two different perspectives; two different outcomes to a scenario; and the idea that observing something for the second time always reveals additional details.  Musically representing the concepts of “double take” are canonic echoings of a theme, as well as varied repetitions of single motives and entire sections.  The piece is written in one continuous movement, with a slow middle section and fast outer sections. The ending, or “coda” departs from earlier material, which could represent an alternate outcome to a scenario.  The piece is dedicated to Robert Spring and was premiered on Mar. 14, 2014 by myself and Robert Spring with the University of Wisconsin Fox Valley Concert Band, who commissioned the work.

-Theresa Martin, Jun., 2014