Tango Melancólico (One Sad, Silly Tango)
- For band; a piece that changes moods from sad to silly and back
- Length: 5:45
- Difficulty rating (I-VI): III
Listen to a performance of Tango Melancólico by the Plymouth State University Symphonic Band, Gary Corcoran, conductor:
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- Score: $5.00; set of parts: $20 (for reproduction rights; additional charge for hard copies)
Finalist, Wegmans/Penfield Music Commissioning Project Composition Contest
Tango Melancólico (also performed under the title One Sad, Silly Tango) was premiered by the Greeneville (TN) High School Symphonic Band, with the composer conducting. It’s dedicated to Peter M. Hodges, longtime director of the Greeneville High School Bands, and my own first music teacher. Tango Melancólico gives bands the opportunity to explore a variety of musical moods and contexts in a very accessible setting. This is one of the few pieces of mine that I’ve continued to tinker with after it was “finished”—I later added some singing to the B section of the original work. This piece has been performed with choreography (!) to great laughter and applause.
