Valley View, an original composition for jazz ensemble, was written in honor of the two prominent valleys in Jackson Churchill’s life: the Oneota Valley in Jackson’s college town of Decorah, Iowa, and West Des Moines Valley, where Jackson teaches high school band. This chart of medium difficulty was premiered by the 2022 Dorian Summer Music Camp High School Jazz Ensemble at Luther College, and it has since been played by the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Academy Big Band under the direction of Christian McBride and by the Valley High School Jazz Orchestra, under Jackson’s direction. The range of the trumpet parts is suitable for developing trumpet players, and the scoring promotes development of blend and balance within and between each instrument section. Solos can be played largely using variations of the concert F major and minor pentatonic scales.
Valley View, an original composition for jazz ensemble, was written in honor of the two prominent valleys in Jackson Churchill’s life: the Oneota Valley in Jackson’s college town of Decorah, Iowa, and West Des Moines Valley, where Jackson teaches high school band. This chart of medium difficulty was premiered by the 2022 Dorian Summer Music Camp High School Jazz Ensemble at Luther College, and it has since been played by the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Academy Big Band under the direction of Christian McBride and by the Valley High School Jazz Orchestra, under Jackson’s direction. The range of the trumpet parts is suitable for developing trumpet players, and the scoring promotes development of blend and balance within and between each instrument section. Solos can be played largely using variations of the concert F major and minor pentatonic scales.