#tinyefforts2022
This is my third set of tinyefforts, a project I started in June 2020 when I was trying to figure out how to live with what my life had become in that moment. I didn't feel like a flute player, and I felt so far away from everyone and everything that I loved. I started #tinyefforts2020 in an effort to open up small ways to stay in touch with my musical community, support people around me, elevate BIPOC artists, and try to do better in this world. The next year I wrote #tinyefforts2021, and in this third go-round I realize I've found a home for myself even when I didn't know what I was doing. I've gotten to meet and revel in the playing of music makers whom I never would have met otherwise. I feel profoundly lucky to share this world with all of you.
Each tinyefforts set is a companion to the others, a yearly diary of where I find myself in that moment. In 2022, I'm tired. Tired of the same conversations that seem to go nowhere, tired of "when we get back to normal," tired of winter. Tired but still trying. Tired but still hopeful. Tired but spring is coming.
Please download and perform these pieces however you like -- in whatever order, setting, medium, and instrumentation you prefer -- let's make music together, even as we're apart. I've included versions in treble clef, alto clef, and bass clef (all written pitch rather than sounding pitch!), with indications for octave transpositions if the range is too large. If an edit would make a passage more playable on your instrument, please let me know.
Most importantly, I want to support you as you make music, especially if you are a BIPOC artist! If you record any of these works (a single piece, multiple, in any order), let me know and I'll send you $100 ($200 if you're a BIPOC artist) -- up to $2,500 total.
You can DM me, email me or @ me, and please tag your video on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook with #tinyefforts2021.
-Alice
March 21, 2022
@alicehjones (T)
@alice.h.jones (I)
Each tinyefforts set is a companion to the others, a yearly diary of where I find myself in that moment. In 2022, I'm tired. Tired of the same conversations that seem to go nowhere, tired of "when we get back to normal," tired of winter. Tired but still trying. Tired but still hopeful. Tired but spring is coming.
Please download and perform these pieces however you like -- in whatever order, setting, medium, and instrumentation you prefer -- let's make music together, even as we're apart. I've included versions in treble clef, alto clef, and bass clef (all written pitch rather than sounding pitch!), with indications for octave transpositions if the range is too large. If an edit would make a passage more playable on your instrument, please let me know.
Most importantly, I want to support you as you make music, especially if you are a BIPOC artist! If you record any of these works (a single piece, multiple, in any order), let me know and I'll send you $100 ($200 if you're a BIPOC artist) -- up to $2,500 total.
You can DM me, email me or @ me, and please tag your video on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook with #tinyefforts2021.
-Alice
March 21, 2022
@alicehjones (T)
@alice.h.jones (I)
Thank you to all the music makers who've shared videos and recordings already!
Will Lang ("false joys of time", trombone, March 22, 2022)
Mariana Parás Peña ("starstill", bassoon - March 25, 2022)
Danielle Rogan ("apricity", alto flute - Instagram, March 24, 2022)
Faith Wasson ("false joys of time", "starstill", "what do we do now?", flute; "apricity", piccolo" - Instagram, March 26, 2022)
Dirk Wels ("apricity", tenor recorder - YouTube, March 28, 2022; "starstill", bassoon - YouTube, March 28, 2022)
Will Lang ("false joys of time", trombone, March 22, 2022)
Mariana Parás Peña ("starstill", bassoon - March 25, 2022)
Danielle Rogan ("apricity", alto flute - Instagram, March 24, 2022)
Faith Wasson ("false joys of time", "starstill", "what do we do now?", flute; "apricity", piccolo" - Instagram, March 26, 2022)
Dirk Wels ("apricity", tenor recorder - YouTube, March 28, 2022; "starstill", bassoon - YouTube, March 28, 2022)
apricity
| jones_-_apricity__treble_clef_.pdf |
| jones_-_apricity__alto_clef_.pdf |
| jones_-_apricity__bass_clef_.pdf |
starstill
| jones_-_starstill__treble_clef_.pdf |
| jones_-_starstill__alto_clef_.pdf |
| jones_-_starstill__bass_clef_.pdf |
what do we do now?
| jones_-_what_do_we_do_now__treble_clef_.pdf |
| jones_-_what_do_we_do_now__alto_clef_.pdf |
| jones_-_what_do_we_do_now__bass_clef_.pdf |
false joys of time
| jones_-_false_joys_of_time__treble_clef_.pdf |
| jones_-_false_joys_of_time__alto_clef_.pdf |
| jones_-_false_joys_of_time__bass_clef_.pdf |