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The Trumpet of the Swan

E.B. White’s classic novel is now a brilliant symphonic concert experience for the whole family.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Drama

  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Children (Age 6 - 10), Appropriate for all audiences

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
E.B. White’s classic novel is now a brilliant symphonic concert experience for the whole family.

THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN, like all of White’s novels, concerns a youngster who must overcome a problem. In Louis’s case, he is a trumpeter swan born without a voice; he cannot make the magnificent “ko-hoh” that all trumpeter swans use to find mates, ward off foxes and rule the lake.

On an epic journey of challenge and discovery, Louis finds the gift of music through his father’s heartbreaking and heroic love. Louis vows to pay back a debt his father incurred to get Louis a trumpet, an instrument that gave his son a voice, a purpose and eventually, the love of his life.

Premiere Production: This adaptation of E.B. White's "Trumpet of the Swan" was commissioned by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and was first produced at the Kennedy Center in December 2008.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 1F

  • SAM
    also reads BOY SAM

  • SAM'S FATHER / FATHER SWAN
    also reads MR. BRICKLE, GAME WARDEN, BELLMAN

  • SAM'S MOTHER / MOTHER SWAN
    also reads CAMPER, LADY IN BILLINGS, PASSENGER, CAMP NURSE, COOK, WAITRESS

  • SERENA
    also reads SISTER SWAN, GIRL IN BILLINGS, CLERK, GIRL PASSENGER

  • MAN
    PASSENGER, ABE LUCAS, KEEPER, HEAD MAN IN CHARGE OF BIRDS, POLICEMAN

  • LOUIE'S THOUGHTS

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Digital Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Script / Score

    		$10.00
    Rehearsal Material This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    8 x Cast Scripts & Vocal Books
    3 x Director's Scripts
    2 x Rehearsal Piano
    1 x Logo Pack

    ORCHESTRATION IS INCLUDED WITH THE REHEARSAL SET.

    ORCHESTRATION INCLUDES:
    1 x Full Conductor's Score
    1 x Solo Trumpet ("Louie")
    2 x Flutes (2nd doubles Picc.)
    1 x Oboe (doubles Eng. Horn)
    2 x Clarinets in Bb (2nd doubles Bass Cl.)
    1 x Bassoon
    4 x F Horns
    2 x Bb Trumpets
    2 x Trombones (Tenor/Bass)
    3 x Percussion
    1 x Harp
    1 x Piano/Celesta
    1 x Solo Electric Fretless Bass Guitar
    6 x Violin I
    6 x Violin II
    3 x Viola
    3 x Violoncello
    2 x Contrabass

    PERCUSSION LIST: Timpani, Drum Set, Vibes, Glock, Sus. Cymb., Xylophone, Triangle (reg. and small), Slapstick, Crash Cym., Mark Tree, Small Cym., Woodblock, Tambourine, Bell Tree, Crotales (C4, F4, E5), chimes (G4, C5), Concert Bass Drum, Shaker, Steel Plate (Brake Drum)

    		$900.00

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