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Commissioned by and dedicated to Joseph Kreines

Andrew Boss 2016

Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Contrabass

…about the piece

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This work was written to portray a state of complete mental and physical respite, harmony, and serenity. After several years of my own mental exhaustion and dissatisfaction with the world’s seemingly unchanging social, political, religious, and economic injustices, I searched for a means to embrace and accept these injustices around me as a part of the unrelentingly vicious cycle between times of peace and times of conflict. Only through the admittance and acceptance of my own personal shortcomings that may contribute to the world’s injustices am I able to be at mental ease and acceptance with the injustices around me., It is through our choice to embrace ourselves as a part of the world’s problems rather than the exception to them that allows us to grow personally and spiritually, and is the common thread of all humanity.

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Just about six minutes in length, “Rest” explores the simplest means of musical affection through the use of a slow, repeating harmonic rhythm that goes through several transformations, similar to a chaconne. The harmony is fundamentally diatonic to symbolize its sonic purity. This work was commissioned by and dedicated to Joseph Kreines.

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…about the composer

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The music of Andrew Boss is widely acclaimed for expressing its creative voice, offering captivated listeners “something that has never been heard before.” (Florida Music Teachers Association). His musical language is encapsulated in a “fundamentally tonal, often vividly spiced language”(Baltimore Sun).

Mr. Boss has enjoyed many performances by the nation’s leading ensembles. The premiere of his first symphony, Tetelestai (2014), by the University of Texas (UT) Wind Ensemble under Jerry Junkin was an enormous success; its many performances throughout 2015-16 include such as its College Band Directors National Association premiere in February 2016 at the Southern Division Conference in Charleston by the Kennesaw State Wind Ensemble and its Australian National Band and Orchestra Conference premiere in September 2016 by the Sydney Conservatory Wind Ensemble. He will have his debut with the Dallas Winds in February 2016 in the Meyerson Hall with his new piece, Millennial Inception. Mr. Boss has recently enjoyed a critically-acclaimed world premiere of his Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Small Chamber Orchestra (2015) by Baltimore-based chamber orchestra, Symphony Number One, and is considered as one of their founding composers.

Currently residing in Austin, Texas, Mr. Boss is finishing his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Composition at the University of Texas at Austin as the 2013-14 Recruitment Fellow. For more information about the composer, please visit www.andrewboss1.com.

Com missioned by and dedicated to Joseph Kreines

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Rest ANDREW BOSS

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Copyright © 2016 by Andrew Boss. All Rights Reserved.

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