Casey At The Bat

For BAND or ORCHESTRA
The cheering audience is part of the music!
9 minutes

Orchestral instrumentation: 2222-4331-timp+3-str-narrator or 2222-2110-timp+3-str-narrator

Feinstein’s setting of the classic poem has been called ‘a delightful and thoroughly engaging work, superbly written, always interesting, immediately accessible to audience and players alike.’ ‘The music and choreographed action bring drama, humor and life to the saga of Casey.’ Audiences love participating in the piece-several times throughout the work they are called on to cheer. A funny and dramatic work, with choreographed action audiences love–trombones stand and swing their slides as the pitcher; a violinist swings a bow as the batter, and more!

(Note: The narrator is usually not an instrumentalist.  Since the piece normally calls for trombones to swing their slides as pitchers, and the narrator was a trombonist, he was the ‘pitcher’ for this performance!)