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Zen Monkey, for brass quintet, by Daniel Grabois

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“Zen Monkey (1995) unfolds in three sections. In the first section, I have tried to create a sense of repose and stasis. Two-beat and three-beat gestures alternate with small pockets of silence, which act as punctuation. The second section sets a very simple melody on top of an ever-quickening groove. I have tried to create a sense of the music hurtling forward toward its climax. The final section recapitulates the first, but the material here is much less spare, and is heavily ornamented, with only the pockets of silence remaining the same as before.
The inspiration for this piece comes from the brilliant musicianship of my colleagues in the Meridian Arts Ensemble.
The title of the work is probably meaningless.”
- Daniel Grabois
Performance time: 
Appropriate for recitals and contests.  Contemporary.
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  • Overview
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    • Horn, unaccompanied >
      • America!
      • Antilogy
      • Caccia
      • Halle Habana
      • Ninety-Five Minutes Over Jupiter
      • Preludes for the Four Seasons
      • Rising
      • Silhouette
      • The Spikenard
      • Tanguito
    • Horn and Piano >
      • A Door Into the Dark...
      • A Garden Path
      • Bay State Sonata (Donovan)
      • Brahms Six Songs
      • Chaconne & Fugue
      • Five Songs, Ives
      • Heroine
      • Hunting Songs
      • Irremediable Breakdown
      • Maiden Voyage
      • Out for a Stroll
      • Reverie (Gillie)
      • River Melos
      • Sonata (Gillie)
      • Sonata (Shewan)
      • Tardigrade, The Water Bear Waltz
      • Three Miniatures
    • Horns, Two to Four >
      • Fanfare (4 horns)
      • On Picasso (4 horns)
      • Under the Moon (2 horns, harp/pno)
    • Horns, five and more >
      • Amazing Grace (6 horns)
      • Beneath the Cross (5 horns)
      • B(h)ORN T'WIN (12 horns)
      • La Vita del Corno (8 horns)
      • Fanfare (horn choir, four parts)
      • Thy Hand Hath Provided (8 horns)
    • Horn Methods and Etudes >
      • Concert Etudes for Horn, Complete Collection
      • Concert Etudes - Brahms
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      • Concert Etudes - Russians
      • The Daily Drill for Horn Players
      • Horn Excerpt Boot Camp, V. 1
      • Interval Training in 63 Etudes
      • Quarter Tone Manual
      • Twenty Difficult Etudes
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      • Christmas Oratorio, Part VI (10 brass)
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      • Práis (Brass 5tet)
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      • shoulder to shoulder (horn, trombone)
      • work songs (hn, tbn, tba)
      • Zen Monkey (Brass 5tet)
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