DESCRIPTION:
WHAT WE DO IS SECRET -- Concerto for brass quintet & wind ensemble by Lansing McLoskey.
--- 1st movement: I. "Strange Notes" ---
Commissioned by The Barlow Endowment for Triton Brass and a consortium of wind ensembles.
WINNER, The International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition, 2011.

Recording: Live performance by Triton Brass and The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Eric Hewitt, Director. 10/9/11, Boston Conservatory Theatre.

To view or download pdf of the score, stream the audio, and read program notes:
http://www.lansingmcloskey.com/whatwedoissecret.html

To view rest of piece on youTube:
2nd movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqAfkv6jhW8
3rd movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_HkTZbLI0I
4th movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqC4CSXyEQ8

REVIEWS/QUOTES:

"[McLoskey] produced what I believe to be the only truly significant and meaningful work for solo Brass Quintet and Wind Ensemble composed to date. ... What We Do Is Secret is sophisticated, gripping, abstract yet engaging, sometimes hauntingly beautiful, and filled with virtuosity. This is American music at its best - imaginative, challenging, powerful, and direct."
-- Eric Hewitt (Chair of Woodwinds at The Boston Conservatory; Director, TBC Wind Ensemble, Sinfonietta, & New Music Festival)

"WOWWOWWOWWOW!!!!!!! I was paralyzed with fascination! ... Amazing playing, fantastic piece. Loved it from the first note! ...it's the most exciting work for brass I've heard in a long time!"
-- John Manning (founding member of Atlantic Brass Quintet, Professor of tuba at The University of Iowa, former faculty at Tanglewood)

"[What We Do Is Secret] is a very intriguing and unique work, both in terms of inspiration and execution. Thanks so much for avoiding the clichés and formulas we hear in so much band/wind ensemble writing these days. ...very original and highly imaginative!"
-- Col. Michael J. Colburn, Director, United States Marine Band

"Amazing colors, like no wind ensemble piece I've ever heard or played, and I've played a TON of wind ensemble pieces. ...every wind ensemble conductor in America should hear this amazing addition to the rep!"
-- Jobey Wilson (tubist, Triton Brass)

"I've just listened to What We Do Is Secret -- The soundscape you have established is amazing, intriguing and fresh. Congratulations!"
-- Ron Bishop (tubist in The Cleveland Orchestra for 38 years)

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Score available from Odhecaton Z Music
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www.lansingmcloskey.com
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