Assignment #2

For the second assignment we had to take a cliche and recontextulize it. There are so many different options that can be used! Everybody in the class did such a great job with their compositions and the recital was great, but i didn't want to use the same cliche as anyone else.
After thinking it over I finally decided on using the opening theme from Beethoven's fifth. It's so well known that it could be difficult really changing it up, but I know that there is a lot of potential to create a great piece.
The instrumentation for the piece was an easy choice. I went with brass, originally considering a quartet, trumpet, horn, trombone & tuba, but then opted for a trio of just horn, trombone & tuba. From experience I know that these particular instruments work well together and blend in a very effective fashion.

-Jill