This work (WE transcription) is available for purchase at Murphy Music Press, where you can also find a perusal score. Three Images is on the Texas PML listed as grade 5.
These three movements all explore their own sound worlds. The first movement, “Spring” begins with three simple melodic movements, is through- composed, and is meant to depict a verdant springtime landscape in which people/animals are playing. “The Golden Hour” is a meditation on the image of the sun setting (or rising). In photography, the term “the golden hour” refers to the time just before and after sunrise/sunset, during which daylight is reddish and soft. Lastly, “Bed Monsters” is an unbridled rondo that is evocative of someone or something being chased by a predator. The title comes from my wife, Amelia, who thought it sounded like a monster lurking under the bed (from her childhood...).
This transcription was premiered by the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, Chad Nicholson, conductor, on Friday, April 26, 2019 in Crowder Hall.