20th century. As intended, this composition is challenging for the performers and entertaining for audiences. Constantly change ensemble textures and shifting meters, along with a few non-traditional musical tools such as mouthpiece slaps and shouts, keep the audience (and ensemble members) on the edges of their seats, eager to hear what is going to happen next. As emphasis on the polyphonic textures and dovetailed musical lines is used to create clarity in the presentation of musical ideas and fightagain the ponderous and muddy effect that can so easily dominate musical performances by large low-brass ensembles. Score & parts. --