American Nomad (Piano Reduction) – Steve Heitzeg

Composer: Steve Heitzeg Instrumentation: Trumpet and Piano Duration: Approx. 25 minutes Date Written: 2016 Premiered by: This version of American Nomad was first performed by Charles Lazarus, trumpet; Mary Jo Gothmann, piano; and Steve Heitzeg, electric guitar, at The Dunsmore Room, Crooners Lounge and Supper Club, Minneapolis, MN on October 19, 2016. 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 Jo