Sketches of Montreal by Brooklyn Wood | Premiered by Jackson Howard and Delvan Lin

Sketches of Montreal, premiered by Jackson Howard at Curtis Conservatory with Delvan Lin, commissioned by 13 trombonists across North America and published by Cherry Classics Brass Publishing. Movements: 1. Bittersweet for Green 2 . One Dollar Books and Words in the Margins Sheet Music: https://cherryclassics.com/products/w... About the piece: Since moving to Montreal, I’ve become attuned to the city’s constant undercurrent, its mix of distant conversations, traffic, and wind through narrow streets. I spent much of my time composing in parks, trying to catch moments of quiet within the city’s unending motion. I often felt homesick for the openness and calm of my hometown in British Columbia, where silence carries its own kind of music. Bittersweet for Green grew out of that contrast: the search for stillness amid noise, and the strange harmony that exists between the two. As the summer shifted into fall, I found myself returning to my favourite used bookstore in search of musical inspiration. Its shelves are filled with stories that hold the potential to spark new ideas, and near the entrance, a table of one-dollar books always draws my attention: a mix of forgotten titles, worn editions, and works that have been challenged. Reading there became a way to step outside familiar patterns of thought and encounter perspectives I might not otherwise notice. I found that amid this current landscape of filtered opinions, a single book can reveal an unexpected point of view. This movement grew from those visits, from discovering what has been overlooked, and from the quiet persistence of ideas that refuse to be forgotten.