Outdoor Warnings
for alto saxophone, horn in F, and fixed media
Total Duration: ca. 6’45”
Program Note
Outdoor Warnings is based on a variety of different outdoor warnings from natural to artificial sources, including elk bugles, coyote calls, throat singing, Islamic calls to prayer, bicycle bells, protests, phone calls, and nuclear warning alarms. The horn and alto saxophone interface freely and expressively with these sampled sounds, creating a dark and foreboding sonic landscape. The piece is inspired by two outdoor sounds in particular one is the outdoor warning system alarm in Boulder, Colorado, which woke me up one spring morning at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. The second is the haunting call of an elk bull, which I had heard when recently travelling to Rocky Mountain National Park. The sounds reminded me of each other, although the function of each sound is drastically different. I thought that both sounds, when combined, perfectly encapsulated the collective fear everyone was experiencing at the outbreak.
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OutdoorWarnings BenMorris CommissionedbyDakotaCorblissandMatthewCastner foraltosaxophone,horninF,andfixedmedia & free,smoothhalf-valvegliss U / sirensound elkcall & elksamplepitches(intonationvaries itisyourchoicetomatchorletclash) & 0:16 10" 0:26 10"
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° ¢ ° ¢ ° ¢ ° ¢ AltoSax Hn FM f E 18 f AltoSax. Hn FM ff gesturesasfastaspossible,withgaps p ff p ffp ff ffp Pointillistic,afranticriot,asuddenburstofactivityF 19 gesturesasfastaspossible,withgaps ff ffp AltoSax. Hn FM ff p ff p ff accel. G 20 ff p ff p ff AltoSax. Hn. FM ffp fff n ff H 21 ffp fff & 3:23 . 16" 3:39 U ?Bµ U ? B throatsingingentering U / & 3:42 . > . > . > 10" Ÿ~~~~~~ > . > > 7 3 ? > > 3 & . > . >. > . > 3 . . . Ÿ~~~~~~~~ 5 3 / > loudprotest > > etc & 3:52 > > 3 6" & > . > 3 / & > 3:58 6" cutoffabruptly withtrack 4:04 Ú U Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7" 4:11breatheasrequired senzavib 30" moltovib & > Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cutoffabruptly withtrack Ú U ∑ U / accel,gettingmoreintensew/teakettle teapotfx elkcall(reiterated) cellphonecacophonybuildingunderneath # nw nœœnœ™ œœœ™ œœ n œ J w œjœ œj˙™ #œ™nœœ ##˙™ œj˙ œ J û ‰Œ ~ W ~ W ~ w Ojû œ‰Œ Jû + W + + + + W + + + + w™ + + Vû œû Œ œ #œœ # ≈ #œR‰#œœ ##œnœœ #nœœ n ‰ nœœ # œ œœ # #œ ≈ œ #œ™ J œœ n#œœ ##œœœ ##œœ n J ‰ œ J‰bœ J bœ bœ Œ ≈ œ œ#œ ‰#œ J ‰ ≈œ # œ nœœ n ‰ nœœ # nœ ‰ #œ™nœ ¿ ¿ ¿ œ nœ nœ œnœ œnœ ‰ œnœnœnœ#œ#œ#œ#œ Œ #œ#œ#œ ≈ #œ œ#œ#œ ‰ nœnœnœnœ ≈ Œ œ nœ #Wnœ œj#w nœj#w™ œj˙™ #œjw œjw™ #Wœ Y ∑ w V V V V w V V V V w V V V V w V V V V w V V V V ˙ V V V = = = 3
° ¢ ° ¢ ° ¢ ° ¢ AltoSax. Hn FM ffsempreespress ffp ff ffp Freely,withabitingforceq=ca60 I 24 mf ffcuivre,sempreespress. gliss. ffp ff ffp AltoSax Hn FM ff ffp ff ffp ff ffp J 26 ff ffp ff ffp ff ffp gliss. AltoSax Hn FM p rit. K 27 p AltoSax. Hn FM pp mf wispy,pinched gliss n 28 pp mf p n n mf n & 4:41 4:46 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ > 30" > > & free,smoothhalf-valvegliss > > > / # >crashandkickdrum,sirens,riot,bassnotes > > & 5:16 > 3 > 3 > 30">>> 3 & > 3 > 3 >>>> 3 / > > & 5:46 20" senzavib. & . / alarms,sirensfadingout & & 6:06 11" 6:17 10" 6:27 U breatheasrequired 10" 6:37 Ú U (end) 6:54 & breatheasrequired U Ú U & highelknotes fadingcoyotenotes #w #œ œ #œœ # #w bœjbœ œj˙ œ bœ œ œ ˙™ ù œœœbœnœ œ œ™#œœn˙ nœj˙ wµ #œ #w œjœ œj˙ œ ˙ #˙ù nœœ b w #œœ ##œ˙ nœj˙ w V V V V nœ ¿ + + + + + œ ¿ + + + œ ¿ + + V ˙ œ JœœJœœbœœœœœJœ b nœ#œ œ œ™ œœ b œ œœw nœœœ œœœ w ˙ #œJœœJœœnœœœœœJœ™ w œœ n œ œœw #œœœ œœœ#œ#œ ˙ + + + œ ¿ + + + + œ ¿ + + + nw nœœn˙ œ™ œœ n œ J w œ œj˙™ #œ#˙™ œjnw nw bœœb˙ bœ œœ b bœ J œbœ œnœ œjnœ œj˙ #œ nœnœ nœ nœjbœnœ nœnœ + + + + + + + + + + + + ˙™ œb˙™ œ #˙ ˙µ ˙ W nœ#œ#œ #˙ ˙™ ˙ #w™ W #W W ˙ ˙™ ˙ ˙ W W W ¿û ¿ù ¿û = = = 4
