Door County Summers

Brian Nozny

General Info

Year of Published: 2025
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:06:25
Cost: Score and Parts - $52.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Crotales
Player 3: Tenor Pan
Player 4: Double Seconds
Player 5: Vibraphone 1
Player 6: Vibraphone 2
Player 7: Marimba 1
Player 8: Marimba 2
Player 9: Marimba 3
Player 10: Marimba 4
Player 11: Timpani
Player 12: Bass Guitar
Player 13: Drum Set
Player 14: Suspended Cymbal & Finger Cymbals & Mark Tree
Player 15: Suspended Cymbal & Triangle & Shaker & Rain Stick & Concert Bass Drum

Program Notes

Founded in 1976 by James and Frances Dutton, Birch Creek Music Performance Center is a summer music camp in Egg Harbor, WI. I was lucky to teach at Birch Creek for several years, always coming away with a sense of awe from my two-week stints in Door County.

In 2021 the Percussion Program Director, Dan Moore, asked me if I would be willing to write a piece for the faculty ensemble as well as some select students to perform for the James Dutton Memorial Concert. I recalled a chorale we had performed a few years prior by James’s son, Jon, called Summer Mood, and thought it would be a touching tribute to use material from that chorale as the main themes for this new work.

Door County Summers is meant to reflect the many fond memories I have of my time at Birch Creek and is dedicated to all the students and faculty that have been lucky enough to perform on a stage in an old barn in Door County, WI.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Five Miniatures (Book 1) - Glockenspiel
Iris - Snare Drum & Digital Playback
Itself - Timpani
Lament for Paper and Pen - Multi-Percussion
Thief - Marimba & Tuned Metal Pipes
Points for Consistency - Multi-Percussion

Solo with Ensemble

Numerology - Marimba & Percussion Trio
...folded... - Marimba & Percussion Quartet
Downcycle - Marimba & Percussion Trio
Bullet Hell - Vibraphone & Percussion Quartet
Mason's Voyage - Vibraphone & Percussion Septet
Coin - Multiple Percussion & Mallet Ensemble

Ensemble

Parallel - Percussion Quartet
Vigenettes - Percussion Quintet
Sharps - Percussion Sextet
Convex - Percussion Septet
Have You Ever Seen The Grand Canyon? - 12 Players
Door County Summers - 14 Players

Indeterminate Instrumentation

Bakken Overture
Skeleton Key
The Floor Is Lava
Vince