Anne
McKennon, Composer
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I write the
music I want to
write. I'm
inspired by
what's around
me, especially
nature and
whimsy. I
believe in
blooming where
I'm planted and
focusing on
local
musicians.
It is my sincere
hope that people
will buy my
scores, love
them, and play
them. If
I'm lucky, my
music will live
beyond my own
imagination.
While I don't
chase
commissions,
occasionally
those stars will
align. My
commission fee
is $25
per voice per
minute.
Piano counts
as 2 voices.
Current Project: Backyard Polka &
Segue Jig (4:45) for
the First Coast Pops
Orchestra in Jacksonville,
Florida Premiere
May 9 @ 7pm
(Good Shepherd
Episcopal, 1100
Stockton St.,
Jax.) - FREE Premiere
May 16 @ 730pm
(St. Andrew's
Episcopal, 7801
Lone Star Rd.,
Jax.) - FREE Premiere
May 17 @ 7pm
(Deermeadows
Baptist, 9780
Baymeadows Rd.,
Jax.) - FREE
Traditional music session
meets orchestra: Backyard
Polka & Segue Jig is a
medley of original tunes
written in traditional
styles. In these
sessions, each tune is
played 3 times before moving
on to the next one. It
is inherently repetitive,
giving different players a
chance to play melody.
To adapt this custom to the
orchestral stage, I have
chosen a bookended structure
of Polka 1x - Jig 3x - Polka
1x. Even the tuba gets
a chance at melody.
This is
an investment in local
community music.
* Flamingo!
(5:45) - Flute Quartet (3 C
Flutes, 1 Alto Flute) - Sheet
Music
Featured
on album Aviary
by Elizabeth Robinson
- scroll to bottom for link
* Fledgling
(3:00) - Duet for Piccolo and
Flute (Falls House Press) - (Video
Below) - Sheet
Music
* Hard
Place (3:45) - Duet for
2 Flutes (Falls House Press) -
(Video Below) - Sheet
Music
* McKennon's
March (2:15) - March for
2 Fifes/Piccolos with optional
Snare - (Video Below) -
Sheet
Music
* New
Perspective (4:00) -
Duet: Flute and Percussion
(mba, 5 wd blocks, shaker) - (Video
Below) - Sheet
Music
Also available
for Soprano Saxophone and
Percussion
Chamber
Playlist:
Carnival Walk (3)
Desert Song
Eviction (2)
Fairy Tales
Fledgling
Hard Place
McKennon's March
New Perspective
Papillon
Rival
String Quartet No. 1
Thunderpaws
Variations
Winter's Journey
Baby Elephant Walk
Planxty Mary Ellen
Large
Ensemble Music (Instrumental)
* Backyard
Polka & Segue Jig
(4:45) - Medley for Full
Orchestra - Instrumentation
Written with
community orchestras in mind -
Premiere May 2024
* Brian
Boru's March (5:30) -
Full Orchestra - Instrumentation
Irish Traditional
arranged for Orchestra - (Score
Video Below ) - Sheet
Music
* Emergence
(8:30) - Full Orchestra - Instrumentation
Original piece
for Orchestra - (Video
Below)- Sheet
Music
* Ollie the
Alligator 3rd Ed. (7:45)
- Concert Band OR Orchestra
and Narrator - Instrumentation
Original narrated
musical story - - (Score
Videos Below) - Sheet
Music
* Storybook
Fanfare (45 seconds) -
Full Orchestra - Instrumentation
- Available after premiere
* We Wish
You A Merry Christmas
(1:15 Encore) - Full Orchestra
- Instrumentation
Encore
arrangement for Orchestra- (Score
Video Below) - Sheet
Music
Voice
Playlist:
3 Songs Voice/Timp
Arrow & the Song
May
Sherwood Lullaby
Upside Down
Recordings
Aviary by Elizabeth Robinson
features Flamingo! (flute quartet)
Available in digital format or
physical CD
Get your copy today: Order
Aviary
Ideas and
Works in Progress
- in no particular order Black Velvet Elvis (W.
Johnson) arrangement for choir
Series of Fanfares for South
Shore Symphony Orchestra (in
process)
Pieces designed for Community
Orchestras
Backyard Polka & Segue Jig -
Chamber Revision (in process)
Metallurgy - Brass 5tet (in
process)
Zoo Album - Flute Duets (ideas
dancing in my head)
Dead Trees & Tangled Roots (I
don't know what this means yet)
Suite 108 (relates to a movie
score)
Something creepy
More narrated musical stories
More arrangements of Ollie the
Alligator & Storybook Fanfare
Tin Whistle duet book (in process)
Complete/revise pieces written in
school (Frankenstein)
