The Voyagers

The Voyagers was composed across 2024 and 2025.

This score is a transposing score

Duration: c. 15 minutes

Approximate Grade: 5

This piece was inspired by the Voyager I and II space probes, launched by NASA in 1977 to take advantage of a favourable alignment of the planets. Their mission was to collect data from Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, and transmit it back to Earth. These two probes have proved invaluable throughout their journey - now operating beyond the heliosphere

and transmitting data from interstellar space. These probes are the most distant human-made objects, travelling further than anything ever has before - explorers in a distant world.

"Voyager did things no one predicted, found scenes no one expected, and promises to outlive its inventors... Like a great painting or an abiding institution, it has acquired an existence of its own, a destiny beyond the

grasp of its handlers." (Stephen J. Pyne, 2010)

The different sections of this piece reflect different stages of the probe's mission - I. Launch, II. The Planets, III. Pale Blue Dot, and IV. Far Reaches.

Performances:

Ensemble. Month date, 2026. Conducted by Name. Venue, city, country. International Premiere.

Price: $250 AUD