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SNAPSHOT (2002)
for orchestra
           
   
Snapshot (2002) is a short, accessible, upbeat, colorful five minute work for orchestra. It was written for Alex Jimènez and the Tallahassee Symphony Youth Orchestra and was intended to provide the group with a challenging, yet rewarding concert opener. The piece is essentially cast in sonata form; that is the opening material returns at the end in the same key. In between these two bookends the theme is developed melodically and rhythmically, explores different keys, and is placed in contrasting musical textures.
   
           
     
    recording by the FSU Philharmonia
score sample
    
           
    QUOTES      
    “Take a picture-perfect melody and surround it with colorful harmonies and what you get is Snapshot, a musical composition by New York City composer James Barry.”
     George Lenker, The Republican (Springfield, MA)
    
    “We received scores from all over the world, but one piece stood head and shoulders above the rest [Snapshot]. The melody is constantly varied and developed motivically always with propulsive rhythms and colorful orchestration. The result is a work that is immediately engaging and distinctly American.”
     David Kidwell, Music Director, Holyoke Civic Symphony
    
    “You've written a fine piece of music which just happens to be especially well conceived, orchestrated and executed to serve young orchestra players. At the same time, my guess is that if the right professional orchestra conductor hears the music it will be played at that level as well.”
      Ned Corman, CEO, The Commission Project (Rochester, NY)		    
           
    AWARDS      
    • Funded in part by the Copy Assistance Program of the American Music Center    
    • Selected for Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra's Fresh Ink 2004    
    •  Honorable Mention, 2004 Truman State University/M.A.C.R.O. Composition Competition    
    •  Meet The Composer, Creative Connections Award, 2006, to work with the Sacramento Youth Symphony.    
    •  Winner, 2007 Holyoke Civic Symphony Composition Competition    
           
    PERFORMANCE HISTORY      
    • Premiered April 27th, 2003, Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Symphony Youth Orchestra,
   conducted by Alex Jimènez 		   
    • Reading, May 14, 2004, Jacoby Symphony Hall, Jacksonville, FL, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra,
   conducted by Fabio Mechetti		    
    • January 8, 2005, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL, 2004 Florida All State 9-10th Grade Orchestra,
   conducted by Alex Jimènez		    
    • January 22, 2005, Tampa, FL, Hillsborough County Honor Orchestra, conducted by Alex Jimènez    
    •  February 4, 2005, Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee, FL, FSU Symphonic Band, Patrick Dunnigan, conductor.    
    •  April 30, 2006, Bert Chappell Theatre, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Youth Symphony, conducted by Angelo Moreno    
    •  October 21, 2007, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA, Holyoke Civic Symphony,
   David Kidwell, music director & conductor		    
         
       
           
   
SNAPSHOT COPYRIGHT © 2002 BY JAMES BARRY (ASCAP)