Clichés (2020)

Advanced; appropriate for college-level ensembles. Scored for piccolo, 3 C flutes, alto, and bass. These five brief movements each imagine some way of illustrating its title, drawn from current vernacular: I. Slippery Slope, II. On the Back Burner, III. One Crisis At a Time, IV. Bells & Whistles, and V. A Well-Oiled Machine?.  Each is constructed from an 8-note synthetic scale, with the five scales incorporating some similarities.  Published by Tetractys Music; go here.