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TITLE: STORMWORKS Chapter 13: Whispers on the Wind … 74:33 Click to see Score Notes & Sample Pages |
Perusal Score | SCORE & PARTS in PDF | Printed SCORE & PDF PARTS |
| 0:04:42 | CB G4+ | IN EINEM ANDEREN LICHT | 30 | 80 | 95 |
| 0:02:25 | CB G3 | IF … Musical Haiku #27 | 30 | 75 | 85 |
| 0:05:14 | CB G4+ |
Music from BEN HUR Only available through ALFRED MUSIC. |
NA | Available through Alfred | NA |
| 0:03:46 | CB G5 | THEME for the SPECIAL OLYMPICS | 40 | 90 | 100 |
| 0:06:40 | CB G4-5 | OUR TIME as a SONG in the UNIVERSE: Whispers on the Wind | 40 | 100 | Only in PDF w/pre-record |
| 0:03:01 | CB G3-4 | ONE MOMENT to ETERNITY … Musical Haiku #30 | 30 | 75 | 85 |
| 0:01:00 | CB G3-4 | AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD Fanfare | 30 | 50 | 65 |
| 0:13:33 | CB G6 | ICONOCLAST: The 4th SIGN | 50 | 140 | 160 |
| 0:33:33 | CB G4+ |
LAST WORLD STANDING A Visually Scored Work using PhotoRHYTHM™ & VISAReel™ |
100 | 220 | Only in PDF w/pre-record |
| Time | Music for: | TITLE: STORMWORKS Chapter 13: Whispers on the Wind … Additional Pieces on the Digital Music Card | Perusal Score | SCORE & PARTS in PDF | Printed SCORE & PDF PARTS |
| 0:04:52 | Timpani & Trumpet | RAGE | NA | 50 | 60 |
| 0:03:33 | CB G3-4 | FOR the LOVE of JOHANN | 30 | 75 | 85 |
| 0:02:38 | CB G3-4 |
HYMN to the MARINES (see QT Film under Digital Libretti) |
30 | 50 | 60 |
| 0:05:00 | CB G2 | NIGHT of the SHOOTING STAR! | 30 | 65 | 75 |
| COMPLETE SUITE 102.33 | Whispers on the Wind: Complete Suite on CDR (PDF) | NA | 695 | NA |
Fortunately, there are a few things in which I remain content, most especially because when living out the Story of One’s Life, you can’t go back and change events the way you might in a fiction. As you know, some attempt to rewrite History, but you cannot change the “Music,” and the reasons that gave it birth at that particular moment in the Timestorm.
You Can’t Fake Real.
I’m glad indeed that the first piece I wrote for band was motivated by a desire to Give. That seems consistent with our combined experience with the legacy of Music, with the mission of Teaching... with the desire to compose and to share. And so... yes, I’m glad that an unplanned urge to offer something I had not yet done, namely the making of a work for band, overtook logic.
Interestingly enough, when I began STORMWORKS, the result of being rejected by publishers for 11 years, I used the phrase, “Sometimes you must Give to the World by Storm.” And for those of you who followed the evolution of STORMWORKS from its humble beginnings, you might recall this excerpt from the early, pre-website newsletters:
“Sometimes you must GIVE to the world by Storm.” Boston 1978. Still unpacked, I was practicing the clarinet and watching television. A commercial requesting help for the Special Olympics aired. Filled with boyish enthusiasm and unparalleled naivete, I decided to send the ultimate Gift. I would compose a piece of Music! Yes! A Theme for the Special Olympics! With adventure, I descended to the Boston Conservatory Dorm Room Basement, there to find in the 88 keys of the un-tuned piano, a Theme worthy of the Special Olympic athletes! This would be my first piece.
Needing to test my orchestration, I asked Chester Roberts, principal Tuba with the Boston Symphony, and our brass ensemble conductor, if he would read down a 12-measure fanfare. My little tape recorder engaged. Encouraged by the results, I proceeded to create my first work for Wind Ensemble... a Gift. In 3 days, I ventured to the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble rehearsal. “Mr. Corley? Would you please read this piece for me?”
He did. I taped it on an old Panasonic recorder. I packaged the cassette with a nice letter and sent it... and never heard anything more about it.
Here is that piece, piece #1, even now, a Gift. It is a reminder that rejection has nothing to do with Music. We make it because we must... and accepted or not, it remains the honest expression of one of our greatest traits... the desire to Give. (See Giving in Chapter 1.)
That is why, after all these years, it has been resurrected. Formally accepted or not, this Music is a Gift to the athletes of the Special Olympics and to all those who face the inward struggle with the Heart of a Hero. To such Souls, I remain a simple documentarian... encapsulating their great Living in Song.
ADDENDUM:
Here is THEME for the SPECIAL OLYMPICS, recorded by Das Musikkorps Der Bundeswehr, Christoph Scheibling, Conducting. After 41 years, it was accepted by the Virginia Special Olympic Committee as their Theme!
Enjoy & Godspeed! S
THEME for the SPECIAL OLYMPICS on Youtube https://youtu.be/UzGqmxjLJLU
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PDF only, with prerecorded Audio and QuickTime movies. A "Visually Scored" work, using the pioneering processes of PhotoRHYTHM™ &VISAReel™
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Testimonials for STORMWORKS Chapter 13: Whispers on the Wind
"I attended a reception in the president's suite after our concert. Nearly everyone referred to OUR TIME as a SONG in the UNIVERSE in some manner. Even the people that did not get it... the piece STILL had some profound effect on them. They just couldn't express it. And so, once again, I can prove that there is SOMETHING in your Music, your Orchestrations, God only knows because even I still cannot explain it. We can play and play, sound really good... then jump into a Stormworks, and the same group sounds completely and profoundly different. When I was on Sabbatical last semester, I went to the Veterans Concert, this time conducted by Mark. They played and played and sounded great. I was not only very happy, but really impressed at the quality of the group under Mark's leadership. Then, the premiere of the piece for the Chancellor started (DESPITE ALL ELSE) and....the entire sound changed. It surrounded the audience. Suddenly, we were all awash in this amazing sound... more than just the sound, though. This is what I am still trying to understand about your Music. People who don't know immediately write it off to the use of electronics, but that simply is not the case. They don't get it. The electronics certainly add to it, but that is not the only reason. I have played and heard other pieces using electronics, including my own, and it does not achieve the same effect. So, my study continues. Your friendship and guidance and willingness to share continues to help me understand Music and myself a bit better each day." Ralph Ford, Troy University. (Ralph. Thank you for so much. for your Kindness, your Generosity. The kids sounded great, and in fact brought tears to my eyes. I thank them and I thank you for allowing me to share these thoughts with other Conductors.)
"I have just listened to the new Stephen Melillo, Stormworks Chapter 13: Whispers on the Wind CD. It is without doubt one of the most exciting band works I have ever heard. Stephen Melillo, with his super talent, is in a class by himself and years ahead in this creative world of music. His is definitely on the cutting edge in the future of music." Dr. John M. Long, Distinguished Professor of Music, Dean Emeritus, Troy University
"Dear Steve, I never had the chance to talk to you about Last World Standing. I have played your Last World Standing three times in the last week alone. What Brilliance! What work! a true masterpiece and the work of a musical genius!" Tom Walsh, Executive Producer, EnterAktion Studios
"Dear Stephen! Great, wunderbar!! It's a special sample of very emotional music. It's very extraordinary!! I guess that's a new step in instrumentation and arrangement of your great works, but each composition is typical for "Stephen Melillo"!! Very deaply sound, the track with Martin Kiener sounds like an Symphony Orchestra. Sorry, I'm not able to describe it in english, but this CD takes the Concert Band Music in a new dimension. In my opinion, the great bands and band directors like this music and the people in the concert halls would be touched by such wunderfull music all over the world!!!!! Godspeed" P.S. The Beginning of our last concert with SBO Ried an 26.10. was with your opus 1... and now, it is on Chapter 13. That`s great of you, to give your first, wunderfull work to your new CD!! Gerhard Reischel, Conductor Landesmusikschule Leonding, Austria
"Composer Melillo is gifted and blessed with a God-given talent he gives and shares with the world. When one listens to his music, an intense spiritual statement immerses one into his beautiful world of musical expression. Melilloís compositions are different from all other composers! Immediately one is captivated by the depth and soul of his craft. I encourage you to listen and view his Last World Standing. This is a monumental piece of music that delivers a most profound musical experience about our life and the wars that we have lived through. Thank you, Steve for the massive contributions you are making to our musical world." Edward S. Lisk, Clinician, Conductor, Author
"I love this piece and so do the kids. We are going to have a fantastic concert. Your materials are helping this ensemble mature at an incredible rate, and they are EATING IT UP!!! MANY THANKS!!!" Lou Vitello, Clarence HS, NY
"I was fortunate enough to be there for the premiere. It was simply stunning. A great work that defies stylistic categorization; a totally "new" concept in performance. It is as revolutionary to the band world as Wagner's music drama concept was to opera!" Aldo Forte, Composer
Listen on TRACKS.
In Einem Anderen Licht
"In Einem Anderen Licht is going very well with the members of Concert Ensemble. They are going past the printed page which music is all about. I asked each student to describe your work in one word.
Responses were:
Fierce
Amazing
Powerful
Heroic
Intense
Whirlwind
Exciting
Emotional
Poetic
Awesome
Thanks," Joe Filio, Liverpool HS
IF
Musical Haiku #27
Inspired by the Rudyard Kipling poem, which at my Dad's behest, I memorized in the 4th grade.
A THEME for the SPECIAL OLYMPICS
Fortunately, there are a few things in which I remain content, most especially because when living out the Story of One’s Life, you can’t go back and change events the way you might in a fiction. As you know, some attempt to rewrite History, but you cannot change the “Music,” and the reasons that gave it birth at that particular moment in the Timestorm.
You Can’t Fake Real.
I’m glad indeed that the first piece I wrote for band was motivated by a desire to Give. That seems consistent with our combined experience with the legacy of Music, with the mission of Teaching... with the desire to compose and to share. And so... yes, I’m glad that an unplanned urge to offer something I had not yet done, namely the making of a work for band, overtook logic.
Interestingly enough, when I began STORMWORKS, the result of being rejected by publishers for 11 years, I used the phrase, “Sometimes you must Give to the World by Storm.” And for those of you who followed the evolution of STORMWORKS from its humble beginnings, you might recall this excerpt from the early, pre-website newsletters:
“Sometimes you must GIVE to the world by Storm.” Boston 1978. Still unpacked, I was practicing the clarinet and watching television. A commercial requesting help for the Special Olympics aired. Filled with boyish enthusiasm and unparalleled naivete, I decided to send the ultimate Gift. I would compose a piece of Music! Yes! A Theme for the Special Olympics! With adventure, I descended to the Boston Conservatory Dorm Room Basement, there to find in the 88 keys of the un-tuned piano, a Theme worthy of the Special Olympic athletes! This would be my first piece.
Needing to test my orchestration, I asked Chester Roberts, principal Tuba with the Boston Symphony, and our brass ensemble conductor, if he would read down a 12-measure fanfare. My little tape recorder engaged. Encouraged by the results, I proceeded to create my first work for Wind Ensemble... a Gift. In 3 days, I ventured to the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble rehearsal. “Mr. Corley? Would you please read this piece for me?”
He did. I taped it on an old Panasonic recorder. I packaged the cassette with a nice letter and sent it... and never heard anything more about it.
Here is that piece, piece #1, even now, a Gift. It is a reminder that rejection has nothing to do with Music. We make it because we must... and accepted or not, it remains the honest expression of one of our greatest traits... the desire to Give. (See Giving in Chapter 1.)
That is why, after all these years, it has been resurrected. Formally accepted or not, this Music is a Gift to the athletes of the Special Olympics and to all those who face the inward struggle with the
Heart of a Hero. To such Souls, I remain a simple documentarian... encapsulating their great Living in Song.
ADDENDUM:
Here is THEME for the SPECIAL OLYMPICS, recorded by Das Musikkorps Der Bundeswehr, Christoph Scheibling, Conducting. After 41 years, it was accepted by the Virginia Special Olympic Committee as their Theme!
Enjoy & Godspeed! S
A THEME for the SPECIAL OLYMPICS on Youtube
https://youtu.be/UzGqmxjLJLU
OUR TIME as a SONG in the UNIVERSE
Unique and chilling in many ways.
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“Our Time as a Song in the Universe”
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ICONOCLAST: The 4th SIGN
#944 in 13:33 for Band of the 3rd Millennium™
by © Stephen Melillo IGNA 25 December 2006, 2nd & 3rd Millennium
Commissioned by HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND
Dr. Peter Loel Boonshaft, Conductor
ICONOCLAST means a shatterer of illusion. The title draws from the “middle sign” in the Gospel of John—the feeding of the multitude. At that moment, the crowd is ready to crown Jesus king and rewrite history. Instead, knowing they would seize him by force, he walks away. He refuses fame, power, and self-glorification, choosing solitude and a far greater conquest: not Rome, but evil itself, across all time.
John sends this moment forward to us as a sign—greatness revealed through renunciation.
This theme runs through all of STORMWORKS. In DAVID, wealth is rejected in favor of faith. I long wanted to write a Passion, but standing before Bach humbles any composer. So I set out to write a prayer—and ICONOCLAST became, in many ways, my Passion.
This work belongs to STORMWORKS, Chapter 13: Whispers on the Wind, and is followed by LAST WORLD STANDING, where the fuller message of peace and the brotherhood of man is revealed.