Background
“Windows” is a brass quintet (2 trumpets, French horn, trombone, and bass trombone) made up of three movements (I. Glass, II. Screen, III. Air) based on three different types of windows/elements of windows. The entire work is about 15 minutes long. The inspiration of the piece stems from one of the marimba solos I was learning for graduate school at the time I composed this piece : "Reflections on the Nature of Water" by Jacob Druckman. Prior to learning the piece my professor (Ji Hye Jung) told me to listen to another piece by Jacob Druckman called "Windows." Upon hearing only the name “Windows” I instantly thought I knew what it would sound like. Druckman's "Windows" sounds nothing like what imagined it would. So, the brass quintet I've written, "Windows," is the piece that I expected Druckman's piece to be prior to listening to that piece, or any other by Jacob Druckman.

I.GLASS
Imagine giant panes of glass floating in space. Perfectly clean panes against a completely black background. There is a small source of light coming from somewhere beyond the glass. The light reflects off of the panes of glass as they rotate in space, sometimes defining the edges of the panes, sometimes causing the panes to appear invisible. This is movement I. Massive panes of glass floating in and out of existence.

This movement is almost entirely these ‘panes of glass’ slowly coming into view and the quickly vanishing. In measure 40, the trumpet notes are intentionally swapped, breaking the cascading pattern (this is not an error).

Measures 55-57 are reminiscent of big power chord sections of a marching band – still get a good sound, but don’t be afraid to use a lot of power.

Bass trombone – give it to the audience.