Scott McAllister: Gone

Baylor Wind Ensemble, Dr. Eric Wilson, Conductor
CBDNA National Convention 2013
www.baylor.edu/music
buwindensemble
sfarrellmusic.com

[@mnstowers]

so beautiful. thank you, Scott and Eric!

[@TheJamesinator102]

My band teacher said that this is why we play long tones. He couldn't be more right.

[@charlesfluke1855]

he came to my school friday and we premiered a new piece of his today as a big group. it's amazing

[@jessturner6886]

When you have lost something, something you shouldn't have ever been given, something you will never have again in this life... this is how it sounds.

[@Alice9248]

Our band teacher had us listen to this. we would have had to listened to a lecture about why we play long tones. We watched this. now we understand.

[@1212354a]

Ah, he came to take a bow at the end. Thanks for sharing this!

[@TheRealGr33nGuy]

Just played this at Illinois superstate!

[@1212354a]

I just read that Scott McAllister teaches at Baylor, did he help put this together? I think I can hear the hand of the composer in this eerily deep masterpiece.

[@lololo1186]

It says on his website that he transcribed the piece from a hour-long clarinet concerto. But, I did see this performed a few years ago, and I vaguely remember someone mentioning that he wrote this in mourning for a friend.

[@Oreonis]

This song is mourning his loss of being able to play his instrument, the clarinet, after being involved in an auto accident.