Big Sky Country
by Daniel Baldwin
Choir - Sheet Music

Horn choir

SKU: IG.IMS1510

Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Score and Parts. Imagine Music Publishing #IMS1510. Published by Imagine Music Publishing (IG.IMS1510).

9 x 12 in inches.

In 2006, I was with my friend, Jeffrey Powers, at a regional horn conference. One evening we were out to dinner
discussing some of his experiences playing in orchestras abroad. At the end of the conversation, he made the
statement, I enjoyed the experience, but was so glad to get back to big sky country. That was the true birth of this
piece. I filed away that statement, always intending it to be the title for a piece for horn choir.
My opportunity came a few years back when Peter Kurau and the Eastman Horn Choir asked me to write a piece for
them. I jumped at the opportunity, but was unhappy with the way the piece turned out. Upon being accepted to
present a recital of horn choir music at the International Horn Symposium inAugust of 2015, I pulled the piece back
out and completely rewrote and revised it. The piece transformed before my eyes into a beautiful and broad
celebration of horn choir sonority.
Big Sky Country is dedicated to my friend Jeff Powers.