Band concert band - Grade
5
SKU: KJ.WB139
Composed by Christopher
Salerno. Conservatory
Editions. Score and set
of parts. Neil A. Kjos
Music Company #WB139.
Published by Neil A. Kjos
Music Company (KJ.WB139).
The Puckish
Poltergeist, a
programmatic work based
on the pranks of a
devious poltergeist,
contrasts the terrifying
and the comical. Through
the use of rapid meter
changes, simultaneous
duple and triple rhythmic
patterns, and contrasting
textural scoring, the
composer vividly conjures
to mind frightened castle
dwellers as they run from
varied assortments of
flying furniture and
kitchen utensils, and the
slightly bent puck, as he
plays his little
'pranks.' Composed in the
spring of 1991, The
Pucking Poltergeist was
premiered in Chicago at
the 45th Mid-West
International Band and
Orchestra Clinic by the
VanderCook College of
Music Symphonic Band
under the direction of
Roger Rocco. It
subsequently received a
performance by the United
States Military Band at
West Point Acadamy. In
February of 1993, it was
featured as one of five
works selected for the
Symposium XVII for New
Band Music at Old
Dominion University in
Norfolk, Virginia.
