Empty Portraits

Empty Portraits …the Haunted Mansion saga continues.. for Concert Band by Matt Neufeld https://www.cjg-music.com/Gesamt/Empty-Portraits::159969.html?language=en&ady=159969 With this completion of the second movement of The Haunted Mansion trilogy, Canadian writer Matt Neufeld has added a mysterious work which can be played as a movement of the trilogy or as an evocative stand-alone piece. In this work, the listener is taken to a musical space reminiscent of a long, dark hallway hung with ornately framed portraits in which images flicker in and out. Unusual instrumentation including optional bowed vibraphone, high-register baritone saxophone, and a fair amount of dissonance help create the mood of mystery present in “Empty Portraits”. Winner of the 2023 Annual Grand Mesa Publications Band Composition and Arranging Contest