to those who come and go

Before attending the 2016 Keene Valley Guitarist Composer Workshop, each student was given a few composition assignments in order to spark discussion on various topics in the daily class meetings. One of these assignments was to begin composing a piece for three or four guitars based on a short, simple motif, with the goal being for students to explore a bit of minimalism. I composed about sixty measures of music for four guitars, and I was quite pleased with what I had written, even more so after reading through it with the class.

The following spring, I pulled out those sixty or so measures again, and continued working where I had left off, eventually completing the piece you have before you. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a minimalist work, but it does have some elements of the style.

During the week of the workshop, the class took an afternoon to hike Noonmark Mountain, which would become the namesake of this piece, commemorating a week of music making, beautiful surroundings, and unforgettable times with friends and colleagues.

The full score and separate parts are included. Each part is presented in standard notation only, as well as standard notation with tablature.

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