ANTHONY O'TOOLE
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THE BELTWAY BREAKDOWN 

for Concert Band (Grade 4)

This piece was commissioned by the Wakefield High School Wind Ensemble of Alexandria, VA; Mr. Brian Fischer, conductor. The commission was the result of a Wolf Trap Grant for the Arts which provides funding for educational groups to interact and collaborate with artists, and even be a part of creating new works. The work’s title is a mildly-clever pun which plays off the Washington, DC “Beltway” (Interstate 495) and the double meaning of the word “Breakdown” which can refer to a motor vehicle or as a musical colloquialism. The piece uses a singular thematic idea but is varied and presented in different ways. The thematic material is contrasted with new musical lines, in canonic imitation (fugue/canon), alternate harmonizations, and ever-changing grooves. Incorporated in this piece are the harmonies of jazz, funk, and R&B harmonies in conjunction with rock, pop and EDM (electronic dance music) grooves. The form of the work plays on the idea of the Rondo which is characterized by the repeated ‘A’ strain with contrasting interior sections sandwiched between them.

Hear the premiere performance 
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  • Home
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        • ...As it is in Heaven
        • The Beltway Breakdown
        • Frenetico
        • First Snow
        • Hung Aloft the Night
        • Longing
        • Metamorphosis
        • Once in Royal David's City
        • Pastorale
        • Pro Humanitate
      • Grade 5 >
        • The Battle Cry of Freedom
        • The Crossroads
        • Dash
        • Electrons Dancing
        • Fanfare to "The Hammer"
        • Latin Dance Movements
        • Now is the Time (A Song of Hope)
        • Prelude to Something Big
        • Uncommon Valor
        • Up
        • War Machine
    • Orchestra >
      • String Orchestra >
        • The Gardener
        • Locum Sacrum
        • Pastorale
        • Talcott Notch
      • Chamber Orchestra >
        • Divertimento
        • Fathom
      • Frenetico
      • Light up the Night
      • Now is the Time (A Song of Hope)
    • Brass Ensemble / Brass Band >
      • Brass Band >
        • DoubleThink
        • Frenetico
        • Kingsfold Variations
        • Syzygy
        • Saturnalia
      • A Beauty Untold
      • Concrete Waves
      • Elegy
      • Deep River
      • From Above
      • First Snow
      • The Golden Gate
      • Kingsfold Variations
      • Latin Dance Movements
      • A New Birth of Freedom
      • Phalanx
      • Theme & Variations on A Mighty Fortress
    • Chamber Ensembles >
      • Brass >
        • Brass Quintet >
          • A Christmas Fantasy
          • Quintet No. 1
          • Quintet No. 2
        • Ad Astra
        • Colloquy
        • Jam-Bourrée
        • Introit
        • Iridescence
        • Liturgical Suite
        • Pedal to the Metal
        • Zelienople Suite
      • Low Brass >
        • Quartet >
          • 2011: A Tuba Odyssey
          • Ascend
          • Bittersweet Memories
          • Cantus Firmest
          • FYEWZ
          • Passage to Atlantis
          • Scarborough Variations
          • Shake and Bake
          • The Summit
          • War Machine
          • War Tubas
        • Sextet - Ensemble >
          • Animal Style
          • Big Orange Sky
          • Blowfest
          • BLOWFEST II
          • Celebratio
          • Child's Play
          • DoubleThink
          • Journey Through Space
          • Partita No. 1
          • Preghiera
          • System
      • Strings >
        • Cadgwith Caper
        • Happy Birthday Fugue
        • String Quartet No. 1
      • Woodwinds >
        • The Catacombs of Callixtus
        • Chicken Scratch
        • Finzi's Brain
        • Flea Circus
        • Partita No. 4
        • Quintet No. 1
        • Silva Sanctum
    • Choral - Voice >
      • Our Heart
      • Longing
      • The Road to Twilight
    • Concerti & Solo >
      • Unaccompanied - Duet >
        • 3 Miniatures
        • BOOM!
        • Funky Lumps
        • Krump
        • Stages
        • Topaz
        • Xocotzin
      • Solo with Large Ensemble >
        • Coalescence
        • Concerto for Euphonium
        • Concerto for Marimba
        • Concerto for Tuba No. 1
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        • Double Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Euphonium
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