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These mental comparisons were sparked by the similarity in structure between dendrites—the parts of neurons that branch in many directions to form connections—and the branching patterns on trees themselves. I first discovered this comparison in the neuroscientist Giorgio Ascoli's book Trees of the Brain, Roots of the Mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Piccolo, flute 1, oboe 1-2, bassoon 1-2, Bb clarinet 1-2, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet in C, bass trombone, piano, double bass, percussion 1-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Solo Part with Piano Reduction","offer_id":42826212933711,"sku":"155-002.01-SP","price":30.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Full Score","offer_id":42826213130319,"sku":"155-002-FS","price":80.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Score \u0026 Set of Parts","offer_id":42826213163087,"sku":"155-002-SP","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/d2ead145d9c5e4cf2527c44e3870c921.jpg?v=1749625295"},{"product_id":"lindveit-spinning-yarns-just-theory","title":"Lindveit: Spinning Yarns","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/ryan-lindveit\"\u003eRyan Lindveit\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eConcert Band\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Spinning Yarns (2015)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 63\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpinning Yarns ,\u003c\/em\u003e Ryan Lindveit (2015) 10'30\"\nfor wind ensemble\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrade 5-6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner\u003c\/strong\u003e , 2016 BMI Student Composer Award\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Distinction\u003c\/strong\u003e , 2016 ASCAP\/CBDNA Fennell Prize\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist\u003c\/strong\u003e , 2016 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonorable Mention\u003c\/strong\u003e , 2016 SCI\/ASCAP Student Commission Competition\n\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Compositio\u003c\/strong\u003e n, 2015 National Band Association Young Composer Mentor Project\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner\u003c\/strong\u003e , 2015 USC New Music for Wind Ensemble Competition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am fascinated by multi-layered storytelling, and _Spinning Yarns _is a result of that fascination. Margaret Atwood's novel _The Blind Assassin _was a particularly rich source of inspiration. in this novel, each chapter is part of a different sub-novel. A crime novel is right next to a memoir which is right next to a science fiction story which is right next to a romance novel. The interaction between each of these layers creates a large and hugely dramatic narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpinning Yarns\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of diverse narrative threads stitched together into a dramatic musical tapestry. Like an Atwoodian multi-layered novel, the music oscillates between dreamlike uncertainty, chaotic heroism, sarcastic dancing, pensive sleepwalking, airy lyricism, and climactic hubris. 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While an unconformity technically describes a gap in time of several hundred million years between rock strata, \u003cem\u003eGreat Unconformity\u003c\/em\u003e is more broadly inspired by (1) the beauty and diversity of the American West and (2) the concert band as a metaphor for this beauty and diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe landscapes of the West are both incredibly scenic and hostile, and the communities which have formed out of this shared confrontation with survival are remarkably diverse. The popular 20th-century view of the American West, inextricably linked to the cinematic Western, is of a place filled with conflict and hostility, where different kinds of people are constantly clashing in their pursuit of resources. By contrast, I view the unified variety (or, unconformity) of coexisting peoples and landscapes as the defining characteristic of the contemporary West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe concert band, with its many types of instruments and sounds, is an especially apt metaphor for community and the value that comes from different kinds of people coming together to work towards a common goal. A band is not just a sound making machine; crucially, it is a diverse group of individual people who have banded together to make music. in one sense, musicians in a concert band need to be independent nonconformists who can play their parts by themselves, but in another sense they must conform to the tempo and mood and volume of the rest of the group in order for the musical outcome to be coherent and meaningful. Thus, a great band must be full of (un)conformists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Flute 1-2, oboe, bassoon, Bb clarinet 1-2, bass clarinet, alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-3, horn 1-2, trombone 1-2, euphonium, tuba, timpani, percussion 1-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Score \u0026 Set of Parts","offer_id":42829138395215,"sku":"155-007-SP","price":200.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Full Score","offer_id":42831212970063,"sku":"155-007-FS","price":75.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/9df052e00a9bb90dcb1dffe5519f7727.jpg?v=1749649486"},{"product_id":"lindveit-mysterious-butterflies-just-theory","title":"Lindveit: Mysterious Butterflies","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/ryan-lindveit\"\u003eRyan Lindveit\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eConcert Band\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: ​Mysterious Butterflies (2019)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 54\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMysterious Butterflies ,\u003c\/em\u003e Ryan Lindveit (2019) 10'30\"\nfor wind ensemble\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrade 5-6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner\u003c\/strong\u003e , Wind Bands Association of Singapore Composition Contest 2019\n\u003cstrong\u003eSelection\u003c\/strong\u003e , Ball State University 50th Annual New Music Festival\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner\u003c\/strong\u003e , Penn State International New Music Festival and Symposium Call for Scores\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner\u003c\/strong\u003e , Sacramento State Festival of New American Music Call for Scores\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMysterious Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e was commissioned by the Big 12 Band Directors Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMysterious Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e takes its title from Recollections of My Life by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who is widely considered the founder of neuroscience. Recalling the joy and exhilaration he felt while discovering brain cells under his microscope, he wrote:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike the entomologist hunting for brightly colored butterflies, my attention hunted in the flower garden of grey matter for cells of delicate and elegant forms: the mysterious butterflies of the soul, whose flapping wings may someday—who knows?—clarify the secret of mental life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I first read this text, I immediately knew I wanted to set it for singers, which I did—for small choir with chamber ensemble—in the winter of 2017-18. I also loved the idea of using the same musical material in a purely instrumental piece for band by taking Cajal's imagery and emotion and translating them into instrumental color and expression. 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As the author puts it, \"...inside, the house was like an altar with nine thousand robot attendants, big and small, servicing, attending, singing in choirs, even though the gods had gone away and the ritual was meaningless.\" Despite this tragedy, Bradbury's futurist prose remains characteristically exuberant in describing these household robots—a tension which calls to mind the satirical ebullience of Stanley Kubrick's Cold War satire \u003cem\u003eDr. Strangelove\u003c\/em\u003e. My piece lives in the same brazenly ecstatic spirit as Bradbury's story and Kubrick's film. 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They reflect a collective motivation to reach the destination more quickly, and in the context of a mountain trail, they reflect a yearning desire to make it to the peak. While writing this piece I was thinking about desire lines, desire itself, hiking in the Smoky Mountains, Rachel Carson's love letters, Emily Dickinson's Master Poems, emotional longing, Impressionism, synchronicity, free will, love, and zigzagging lyricism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece has three peaks, each a bit bigger than the last. in my mind, I relate these climaxes metaphorically to three stages on a mountain hike. The first peak reflects the feeling of excited anticipation when you can see the summit from the base of the hike. The second peak reflects that feeling on a hike when you have been going for a while and reach what seems like it could be a grand overlook until you realize you are only about half-way there and have a lot of mountain left to climb. 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