Gigantor! (2007)
Duration: 5:30
for band or wind ensemble

When he was but a young, gentle giant, others used to command Gigantor to act his age and not his shoe size. For normal adolescents, this admonishment is one which begs for them to exhibit maturity. For Gigantor, this was the opposite. You see, Gigantor's shoe size was always at least three digits bigger than his age until he was thirteen. This contradiction is but one of many that hounded Gigantor throughout his youth. Despite his size, Gigantor played no football in school (it was too obvious). Instead, Gigantor, lover of music, played bass clarinet in his junior high school band (contrabassoon was not available).

Nowadays, Gigantor finds himself enamored by music which is massive. He is especially fond of the music of a former giant, Johannes Brahms, and finds himself constantly air-conducting the opening to Brahm's First Symphony. Still the biggest music geek, Gigantor is indeed a contradiction in terms.

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Gigantor! was composed for and premiered by the 2008 MMEA Western District Senior Concert Band under the direction of Fred Harris.