Lights Out (In Yertchuk Avenue) [Jazz Ens Gr. 3.5]

Walking down Yertchuk Avenue with her parents Myra, aged five, twirls and skips her way home from a dance lesson. As the night falls and the streetlights flicker on, the darkness and shadows in between are highlighted. A young imagination and some scarily dark parts of the street through sections where the lights are out in Yertchuk Avenue bring forth moments of curiosity, creativity and a little apprehension. Take the journey with Myra as she dances and jives from light through darkness to home.

Genre: Jazz Ensemble | # of Players: Standard
Series: Jazz Ensemble Series
Level: 3.5 | Duration: 7:00

Instrumentation
Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2
Tenor Saxophone 1
Tenor Saxophone 2
Baritone Saxophone

Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Trumpet 4

Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Bass Trombone

Guitar
Piano
Bass Guitar
Drums
Congas

OPTIONAL PART
Tuba

Program Notes
Walking down Yertchuk Avenue with her parents Myra, aged five, twirls and skips her way home from a dance lesson. As the night falls and the streetlights flicker on, the darkness and shadows in between are highlighted. A young imagination and some scarily dark parts of the street through sections where the lights are out in Yertchuk Avenue bring forth moments of curiosity, creativity and a little apprehension. Take the journey with Myra as she dances and jives from light through darkness to home.

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