THE AVANTI FEELS GLUED TO THE ROAD EVEN WHEN CRUISING AT 100 MPH               

Trombone and Percussion

1998

10’

Winner of the International Trombone Association Composition Competition for 1998 and first performed at the ITA convention, Boulder, CO of that year by David Loukie, trombone.

Published the the ITA Press/Warwick Music.

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PROGRAM NOTE

The idea for The Avanti Feels Glued To The Road Even When Cruising At 100MPH arose from a real life adventure I experienced in an Avanti sports car.  My trombonist friend Michael Williams had appeared and was a winning contestant on the television game show The Wheel of Fortune.  He solved the bonus puzzle ‘Grandfather Clock” and won a considerable amount of cash as well as the Avanti sports car.  Before the car had to be sold for pay the taxes on the cash winnings, I was treated to a thrilling ride at breakneck speed, at least 100 mph, with the top down, through the hills of the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania.  This car indeed does what the title of my piece says! 

The fast tempi and gliding like music near the end depict my journey.  Like most of my music there is reference to jazz idioms and Jewish liturgical music as well.  This piece is a sequel to my piece for solo flute called “The XJS Feels Glued To The Road Even When Cruising At 100 MPH”. 

Score page 1

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