Aboard this Frontier is an expansion of a piano piece written years earlier.  This piece uses constant eight notes to propel the piece forward. The theme is put through orchestrational variations.  Near the end of the piece are five separate overlapping ostinato patterns.

Duration:  3.5 Minutes
Number of measures:  123
Number of pages (Score):  16

Instrumentation Flute 1 Flute 2 Oboe 1 Oboe 2 Bb Clarinet 1 Bb Clarinet 2 Bassoon 1 Bassoon 2 French Horn 1 French Horn 2 French Horn 3 French Horn 4 C Trumpet 1 C Trumpet 2 Trombone 1 Trombone 2 Tuba Timpani Mallets - Orchestra Bells Percussion - Woodblock, Suspended Cymbal, Snare Drum, Triangle, Tambourine, Bass Drum Strings

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Performance History Read by the CSULB Symphony Orchestra and was conducted by Martin Herman on December 2, 1992 at the University Theater in Long Beach, CA.