Chamber Music Trombone,
Piano
SKU:
PR.144407320
Composed
by Lauren Bernofsky. Set
of Score and Parts. 16+8
pages. Duration 10
minutes. Merion Music
#144-40732. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.144407320).
ISBN
9781491135006. UPC:
680160685998.
From
the pen of Lauren
Bernofsky comes a truly
unique contribution to
the trombone repertoire
– music expressing
the joys and challenges
of parenthood, through a
mother’s eyes.
FROM A MOTHER’S
JOURNAL is a suite of
five movements, Love
Letter, A World of Worry,
Bedtime Battle,
Contentment, and Little
Imp, which bubble with
warmth, irony,
frustration, tenderness,
humor … as complex
a cocktail of emotions as
parenthood itself. The
music explores a broad
range of trombone
techniques, making the
10-minute suite an
exciting tour de force
for any recital.
The
idea for FROM A
MOTHER’S JOURNAL
originated during car
ride from an IWBC
conference back to New
York City – Nikki
Abissi and I were sharing
our experiences of the
challenges and joys of
motherhood, and she said,
“Wouldn’t it
be cool to have a
trombone piece written
about all the emotions of
motherhood?†There
certainly wasn’t
one that I knew about!
Not long after, she
contacted me about
writing her exactly that
piece.I thought that this
was definitely a concept
for a piece whose time
had come, and I was
immediately on board with
the project. She sent me
some short descriptions
of some of her
experiences, from the
frustration of getting a
rambunctious baby to go
to sleep at bedtime to
the boundless love she
felt for not just her
baby but her husband, as
a father, as well. I
wrote each anecdote into
a short movement, and the
result was a collection
of musical vignettes
covering a range of moods
and textures as well as
trombone techniques.
Since I, too, am a
mother, I filtered her
anecdotes through my own
lens, and I consider this
piece to be not just a
biography of Nikki but
also my own
autobiography.
A Mother's Love
