Music for a Waking Dream - sinfonietta/chamber orchestra - Score and Parts by Jennifer Bellor Sheet Music for Chamber Group at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Jennifer Bellor

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Jennifer Bellor

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 123

Arrangement Chamber Group

Publisher Bellor

Level 5

Product ID 1748890

Genre Classical Contemporary 21st Century

Performance Group Chamber Orchestra

Product Description

Music for a Waking Dream (2025)
Score & Parts
Jennifer Bellor, composer
www.jenniferbellor.com
Duration: 13'

I. Ring in the Eleventh Hour
II. Drift into Midnight
III. All Aboard

Music for a Waking Dream was composed for the Las Vegas Sinfonietta. The instrumentation is the same as Copland's Music for the Theatre:

1 flute/piccolo - 1 oboe - 1 clarinet in Bb - 1 bassoon - 2 trumpets in C - 1 trombone - 1 percussion - piano - strings

Program note

Music for a Waking Dream is a musical exploration of the surreal and evocative world of dreams, inspired by my own subconscious experiences. The work unfolds as a kind of sonic fantasy, inviting listeners to journey through shifting states of perception and imagination.

The opening movement, "Ring in the Eleventh Hour," introduces a bell-like motif that heralds the transition from waking life to the dream realm. It serves as a dramatic invocationan announcement that the portal to an alternate reality has been opened.

A brief interlude gently guides us into the next movement, "Drift into Midnight," a lullaby that prepares the mind for slumber and signals the onset of the dream state. Its tranquil textures evoke the moment when consciousness begins to dissolve into the unknown.

The final movement, "All Aboard," draws directly from a recent dream in which I found myself on a high-speed train hurtling westward. The music captures the sensation of momentum, wonder, and the slightly surreal logic that governs the dream world.

Together, these movements form a continuous narrativeone that mirrors the often-fragmented yet deeply emotional experience of dreaming while awake.

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