Big Band (5/4/4)

• Style: ECM / Smooth Jazz / Hip-Hop
• Grade 5: Collegiate
• ~8:30-9
• Soloists: Soprano Sax and Flugelhorn 5

When I Get To See You tells the story of my girlfriend, Laura Elliott, and me tackling a long distance relationship. It starts with me living alone post aging out of drum corps. It slowly develops through our Facetime calls, our short weekend visits throughout the year , to eventually Laura moving in with me in Denton, Texas. This movement has many peaks and valleys and is a long build to the finale. Each peak/high point in the movement is meant to represent a different weekend or holiday trip that we made to see each other. Every time we reunited it was fantastic and they only got better, as represented by the music. We had challenges as well, a few of which are represented by the somber beginning to the flugelhorn solo (sadness after the end of a visit) and the sax soli with attitude (the occasional disagreement). But ultimately we made it through all of these peaks and valleys to get to where we are today.