{"id":10449,"date":"2025-05-06T19:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T19:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/?page_id=10449"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:02:49","slug":"music-for-a-waking-dream-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/?page_id=10449","title":{"rendered":"Music for a Waking Dream (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Music for a Waking Dream <\/strong>(2025) <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

for chamber orchestra or sinfonietta <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Same instrumentation as Copland’s Music for the Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 flute\/piccolo – 1 oboe – 1 clarinet in Bb – 1 bassoon – 2 trumpets in C – 1 trombone – 1 percussion – piano – strings <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 13′ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click HERE<\/a> to view a PDF of the score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click HERE<\/a> to listen to mockup recording. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I. Ring in the Eleventh Hour <\/p>\n\n\n\n

II. Drift into Midnight <\/p>\n\n\n\n

III. All Aboard <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Available for purchase: Sheet Music Plus<\/a>, Sheet Music Direct<\/a>, and JW Pepper<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Note<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music for a Waking Dream<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening movement, “Ring in the Eleventh Hour,”<\/strong> introduces a bell-like motif that heralds the transition from waking life to the dream realm. It serves as a dramatic invocation\u2014an announcement that the portal to an alternate reality has been opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A brief interlude gently guides us into the next movement, “Drift into Midnight,”<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final movement, “All Aboard,”<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, these movements form a continuous narrative\u2014one that mirrors the often-fragmented yet deeply emotional experience of dreaming while awake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Music for a Waking Dream (2025) for chamber orchestra or sinfonietta Same instrumentation 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 Duration: 13′ Click HERE to view a PDF … <\/p>\n

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