21st-CENTURY WORKS FOR SOLO TRUMPET BY WOMEN:
A PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS
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Lauren Bernofsky
Fantasia
Year of Composition: 2008
Duration: ~4 minutes
Movements: Single Movement
Range: G3 or A3 - Bb5 or C6 (without ossia part upper pitch is D6 or E6)
Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Trumpet in Bb or C
Elaine Fine
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Year of Composition: 2002
Duration: ~11 minutes
Movements: 3
Range: F3 - C6
Instrumentation: Trumpet in Bb or C, Piano
Jennifer Higdon
Trumpet Songs
Year of Composition: 2004
Duration: ~9 minutes
Movements: 6
Range: G3 - G5
Instrumentation: Trumpet in Bb or C, Piano
Cecilia McDowall
Framed
Year of Composition: 2009
Duration: ~20 minutes
Movements: 7
Range: G3 - Bb5
Instrumentation: Trumpet in Bb (Optional Trumpet in Eb for Movement VI), Piano
Cait Nishimura
Golden Hour
Year of Composition: 2020
Duration: ~6 minutes
Movements: Single Movement
Range: F3 - A5
Instrumentation: Trumpet in Bb and Optional Flugelhorn, Piano
Elizabeth Raum
Kupala Night
Year of Composition: 2020
Duration: ~15 minutes
Movements: 3
Range: A3 - C6
Instrumentation: Trumpet in C, Piano (orchestral accompaniment available)
Faye-Ellen Silverman
Stories For Our Time
Year of Composition: 2007
Duration: ~14 minutes
Movements: 3
Range: G3 - C6
Instrumentation: Trumpet in C, Piano
Barbara York
Nostalgia
Year of Composition: 2018
Duration: ~5 minutes
Movements: Single Movement
Range: A3 - C6 (with optional 8vb, upper pitch is A5)
Instrumentation: Trumpet in Bb, Piano
