Sunshine River

Symphony Orchestra

Inspired by a small orange highlighter doodle I made on my desk, this short, charismatic piece for a wind ensemble is filled with sunshine inspired color tones. The running eighth note motifs that are found throughout the piece represent flowing energy, and the overall key of Sunshine River, D major, evokes a sense of nature. Although Sunshine River is only 2 minutes long, it covers a wide range of styles in this short amount of time.

Cover image by Melanie Thoeming

Sunshine River is available for ePrint score and parts or ePrint parts only with a spiral bound score. Please contact me regarding further details.

Difficulty, Duration & Instrumentation

Flute 1/2

Piccolo (doubles Flute 3)

Oboe 1/2

English Horn

Bb Clarinet 1/2

Bass Clarinet

Bassoon 1/2

Horn 1/2/3/4

Bb Trumpet 1/2/3

Trombone 1/2/Bass

Tuba

Timpani

Glockenspiel

Vibraphone

Marimba

Percussion (Tambourine, Claves, Suspended Cymbal) (2 players)

Violins 1

Violins 2

Violas

Cellos

Contrabasses