1. For Quintet Sirocco
A Certain Shade of Sertraline
(2011)
for reed quintet
oboe
Bb clarinet
Bb bass clarinet
Eb alto saxophone
bassoon
duration 8’
Transposed Score
Joshua Marquez

2. A Certain Shade of Sertraline
This piece represents different states of mind that are associated with depression and other
mental illnesses’. The terms used include: depressed, manic, schizophrenic, stressed, and
paranoid. The following is a definition of those terms:
Depression: An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts that affect the way a person
eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way on thinks about things. A
depressive disorder is not the same as a passing blue mood. It is not a sign of personal weakness
or a condition that can be wished away. People with a depressive disease cannot merely “pull
themselves together” and get better. Without treatment, symptoms can last for weeks, months, or
years. Appropriate treatment, however, can help most people with depression.
Manic: Refers to a mood disorder in which a person seems “high”, euphoric, expansive,
sometimes agitated, and hyper-excitable, with flights of ideas and speech.
Schizophrenia: One of several brain diseases whose symptoms that may include loss of
personality (flat affect), agitation, catatonia, confusion, psychosis, unusual behavior, and
withdrawal. The illness usually begins in early adulthood.
Stress: Forces from the outside world impinging on the individual. Stress is a normal part of
life that can help us learn and grow. Conversely, stress can cause us significant problems.
Paranoia: A thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the
point of irrationality and delusion.
Sertraline is an anti-depressant used to treat many of these symptoms, most commonly,
depression.

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Bass Clarinet
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A Certain Shade of Sertraline
Joshua Marquez
Transposed Score
and the other colors of anti-depressants
for Quintet Sirocco
© Joshua Marquez 2011
www.joshuamarquez

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