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FORGED BY THE SEA for wind ensemble
Instruments may be doubled at the conductor’s discretion.
4 Flutes (Flute 4 doubles on Piccolo)
2 Oboes
English Horn
2 Bassoons
1 E-flat Clarinet
9 B-flat Clarinets
2 B-flat Bass Clarinet 2 (Bass Clarinet 2 doubles on B-flat Contrabass Clarinet)
1 Soprano Saxophone
1 Alto Saxophone
1 Tenor Saxophone
1 Baritone Saxophone
4 Horns
4 C Trumpets
2 Tenor Trombones
1 Bass Trombone
1-2 Euphoniums (2nd is optional)
1-2 Tubas (2nd optional)
Timpani (32”, 29”, 26”, 23”) with a well-rosined bow, a superball friction mallet, and a crotale pitched to F
5 Percussion:
Percussion 1: Bass Drum with a superball friction mallet, Thundersheet with a well-rosined bow, Glockenspiel
Percussion 2: Light Wood Maracas, Tom Toms (2), Egg Shaker, Marimba (low A)
Percussion 3: Large Tam Tam with a superball friction mallet, Field Drum with snares, Temple Blocks (4), Crash Cymbals, Finger Cymbals
Percussion 4: Conga, Medium Triangle, Large Suspended Cymbal with a well-rosined bow, Tubular Bells (mvmt. 1 only; shared with Percussion 5)
Percussion 5: Water Gong (Small Gong or Small Tam Tam dipped into a large plastic tub filled with water), Small Triangle, Vibraphone, Tubular Bells (mvmt. 2 only; shared with Percussion 4)
Harp
Piano/Celesta
Double Bass
Performance Notes
• Accidentals remain in effect throughout the bar, only in the octave shown. Grace notes are affected by accidentals.
• All grace notes are to be played before the beat, unless otherwise indicated.
• Pressure accent indicates that performers are to use air to add emphasis instead of re-articulating the pitch.
• Slides last the entire duration of the indicated pitch; start all glissandi immediately
• Tenuti without a slur indicates both a slight separation and emphasis. Tenuti with a slur indicates emphasis only.
• Some pitches have been enharmonically respelled in performers’ parts for ease of linear reading.
Program Notes
Part of the United States Navy’s mission is to send expeditionary forces to places that are unfriendly to human life, both below the sea and above. I was immediately drawn to the idea that Navy personnel do their utmost to keep the world’s oceans and skies safe in circumstances that can be challenging, dangerous, and constantly changing.
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In Forged by the Sea, I chose to feature two areas in which expeditionary forces operate. The first movement, From the depths below, explores the secret and stealthy world under the ocean. The movement begins with a musical representation of a submarine sonar sweep. Technically speaking, submarines are “blind” as they have no windows to see what is in the ocean around their vessel. They use sonar sweeps, among other methods, to map out their location and to detect explosive mines and other submarines in the water. In my piece, the first sonar sweep we hear is played by solo piccolo, which is soon joined by additional sonar sweeps in the woodwind instrume nts. The sweeps fade away as the submarine dives down further into the far-reaching expanse of the sea, where the deep ocean sings around the craft. The sonar sweeps gain in strength once again as the submarine rises and crests at the ocean’s surface.
The second movement, To the skies above, celebrates the joy of flight. The movement begins as a jet rapidly takes off from an aircraft carrier at sea and soars into the sky. Running through a series of maneuvers, the jet glides over the ocean, performs barrel rolls, and surveys the grandeur below. As the jet climbs higher into the sky, the pilot looks wistfully at the heavens above before divi ng back to the earth. The jet continues soaring, gliding, and surveying, and the piece ends with the pilot looking to the heavens once more.
Forged by the Sea was commissioned by the United States Navy Band.
-S.G.
Duration: about 11'30"
Percussion 2
Percussion 3
Percussion 4
Percussion 5
Commissioned by the United States Navy Band and premiered at the American Bandmasters Association Convention 2024 in Washington, DC.
FORGED BY THE SEA
I. From the depths below
q = 88 Ominous, lurking; the submarine searches the ocean for hidden threats
Drag a superball friction mallet around the surface (23") for the indicated duration. Keep the pedal constantly fluctuating.
Choose beaters throughout unless otherwise specified.
/ Bass Drum - drag a superball friction mallet around surface for the indicated duration.
/ Egg Shaker
Large Tam Tam - drag a superball friction mallet around the surface, close to the edge. l.v. (always) Sim.
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/ Suspended Cymbal - scrape a coin quickly across surface.
/
l.v. (always)
Water Gong - medium felt beater
Hold a small tam tam or gong over a tub of water, then strike the gong's top edge as you lower and raise the gong into the water as you see fit for 3-4 beats. Let decay naturally.
Strike open palm against the lowest octave of strings.
l.v. (always)
Inside piano: Strike your hand, palm down, against the lowest octave of strings.
° Hold down pedal until m. 44.
Restrike while lowering and raising the gong, then let decay.
Flute 1-3
Clarinet in E
Clarinet in B
Place F Crotale (lower octave) upside down on the edge of the 23" timpano. Hold in place by placing a finger on the center. Use a well-rosined bow.
Rapidly bow the Crotale, then rapidly pump the pedal up and down several times.
Marimba - medium yarn mallets / Field Drum / Susp. Cymb. Add triangle beater to your hand. & Pedal as you wish.
Vibraphone - choose mallets that best balance the attack and sustain of the Marimba's mallets.
Lightly pedal as you wish.
Strike open palm against the lowest octave of strings.
Inside piano: Strike your hand, palm down, against the lowest octave of strings.
Clarinet in B
Clarinet in Bb 7-9
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet in C 1-2 Trumpet in C 3-4
Turn snares on when instrument is in use throughout the movement, then turn immediately off when not in use.
/ Conga - medium yarn mallets
Note to Conductor: staccati on the 8th notes are crisp and short, slightly shorter than the 16th notes.
