From the Composer:

The concerto is intended as a sonic meditation across the nation – starting in New York City, then moving through the South, the Great Plains and North, and on to the West and California. I wanted to create a series of soundscapes in the Concerto that depict various American landscapes: the Statue of Liberty, fields across America, Joshua Tree National Park, the high desert, Redwood trees, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Pacific Ocean at the California coast.

Why American Nomad? Perhaps because as I composed the piece I was reflecting on what it means to be an American in the world today; the word ‘nomad’ resonated with me because we are all travellers on this beautiful planet. The soloist becomes a sort of troubadour, reporting to us sonically about the travels, the people and the land. The soloist is a kind of people’s trumpeter: a messenger sounding alarm, singing praise and trumpeting for hope and justice. Symphonies and concertos can be metaphors for the larger world – functioning in a diverse sonic microcosm of sounds that are shaped to portray the inner and outside world, thereby, perhaps, positively changing both.

This edition is for trumpet and piano. Take a look at some sample pages and then click above for an immediate PDF download of the solo and score.