American Nomad – Steve Heitzeg

If you are interested in a parts set for a performance, please contact us. Composer: Steve Heitzeg Instrumentation: 2-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/timp, 3perc/strings Duration: Approx. 25 minutes Date Written: 2019 (and 2022) Premiered by: Minnesota Orchestra; Charles Lazarus, trumpet; Mischa Santora, conductor; Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN on 04/30/2019 Commissioned: Paul Grangaard   Additional Information: American Nomad, a new trumpet concerto by composer Steve Heitzeg, received its world premiere by Charles Lazarus, trumpet, with Mischa Santora conducting the Minnesota Orchestra, on Thursday, April 30, and Friday, May 1, 2015 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. The 22-minute concerto—described by the composer as a “sonic meditation across the nation”—evokes distinct American landscapes, incorporates jazz improvisation into the concerto format and showcases percussion instruments including an iron armature bar from the Statue of Liberty, New York subway spikes and fallen branches from a Joshua tr