Eye of the Hawk

middle-school band - grade 4, advanced

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Title: *Eye of the Hawk*
Instrumentation: middle school band
Year: 2015
Duration: 4'
Movements: 1
**Commissioned by:**
Bandquest, American Composers Forum

Premiere: 01 June, 2015
The Linden Avenue Middle School Band
directed by **Andy Van Ness**
The Sosnoff Theater, The Fisher Center, Bard College, Red Hook, NY

PROGRAM NOTE:

Eye of the Hawk was inspired by the beautiful and majestic Hudson Valley. I wanted to base the piece on something that would resonate with the band who would be premiering it,... my local, exceptional, middle school band. The hawk became our spirit animal, and represented to me many of the qualities that are inherent in a young person of that age - bold, instinctive, elegant - a fierce creature who "owns the sky". The music conveys power, freedom, and confidence. Just like the students.

-Susan Botti