“Fox began writing “Echelon” in March 2020 when the world first shut down. A senior in high school at the time, Fox composed this piece as a means to wade through the waters of uncertainty presented by that confusing period, informed by the stages of grief. The piece begins with a simple melody on the piano, the motif that carries us through the composition. The lead tenor picks it up with the piano and then the trombone and tenor two join, symbolizing the feeling of being “alone together”, each horn playing the isolated melody together. Fox indicates “An echelon is an arrow-shaped formation that geese make in the sky when traveling together. I felt like we were all in this echelon formation, traveling in the same direction and unsure of where we were going.” Later, the chart picks up and the motif is altered to add tension, highlighting the second stage of grief, anger. The chart ends how it began, accepting and embracing the new normal.” - Lydia Liebman

• Level: College

• 5 saxes/4 trumpets/4 trombones/piano, bass, drums

• Solo sections for: Tenor 1

• Highest note for lead trumpet = Concert F6 (Written G6)

• Highest note for lead trombone = Concert Bb4