The Trail at Dusk

"The Trail at Dusk" is a 2009 piece written for concert band by Richard R. Hembree. It depicts a young, but aging person traveling through the a metaphorical trail of life. The trail does not represent any particular time frame. At the end of the trail(the end of the piece) is a fork in the road(an un-resolved chord).

The piece is relaxed for the most part and contains a small climax in the middle. The chord changes at the beginning and at letter 'E' represent the changes in life that tend to pile on over time (hence the chords becoming slightly more complex as the piece goes on). At the end of the piece is a somewhat surprising "fork-in-the-road" with no resolution, making it an open-ended piece. The composition is not dark by any means, but rather thought-provoking and eye-opening in that it puts into perspective the important and unimportant parts of life that affect everything. People who let little, unimportant things pile up over time will end up lost in the end.