Adrenaline Engines

Randall Standridge

Randall Standridge

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00   |   Score Only - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Mallets I-II (Bells/Xylophone/optional Marimba)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
  
• Brake Drum
• Cymbals (crash, suspended, ride, and china crash)
  
• Snare Drum
  
• Tambourine
  
• Woodblocks
  

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In 2008, I wrote a piece entitle Afterburn, which I premiered with my junior high ensemble. The kids loved the piece; even more amazing was the response from my high school band students. The next day, I was bombarded with requests from the senior band members that boiled down to 'We want to play something like that!' I was happy to oblige, and Adrenaline Engines was born.

Adrenaline Engines is essentially Afterburn part 2. It explores some of the same rhythmic and motivic ideas, but it is written for more advanced players. There are time signature changes, key changes, timpani changes, etc. ... and the rhythmic and melodic challenges are greater.

Adrenaline Engines was also the result of a commission from George Pokorski, band director at Marion Middle School in Marion, Arkansas. He wished to commission a piece to premiere with the Arkansas Small Band Association All-Star Band. He premiered the piece with that ensemble in the Spring of 2009.

I hope you, your students, and your audience will enjoy the thundering percussion, driving rhythms, and kinetic (sometimes frenetic) energy that I tried to imbue in this work.

- Program Notes by composer

Coupling exciting rhythmic motifs with sophisticated harmonies, the composer has crafted another sure-fire winner reminiscent of his hit Afterburn. Thundering percussion, driving rhythms, memorable melodies, and frenetic energy are unrelenting in this rip-roaring sonic adventure.

- Program Notes from publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Lake Highland Preparatory School (Orlando, Fla.) Symphonic Band (Andrew Bajorek, conductor) – 8 October 2019
• San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) Junior Honor Band (Michael Stone, conductor) – 13 February 2019
• Santa Fe College (Gainesville, Fla.) Wind Ensemble (Steve Bingham, conductor) - 27 September 2018
• Miami (Fla.) Arts Studio Symphonic Band – 26 October 2017
• Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Concert Band (J.R. Alberto, conductor) – 24 April 2017
• Shallowater (Texas) Middle School Symphonic Band (Kyle Billett, conductor) - 13 February 2015 (2015 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Aggressivo (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
• Alarm (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Beginners Rock! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Circuit Breaker (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Dark Ride (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Darklands March (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
• Deus Ex Machina (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Dragon Lord (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Earthdawn (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Fanfare for the 16th Empire (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• A Festival of Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Groovy-8 (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Havana Nights (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Hillside March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Kinetic Dances (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)
• The Lake of Sorrows (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Mechanical Monsters (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Metrodance (Reduced instrumentation) (2012/2021)
• Pacifica (Reduced instrumentation) (2019/2021)
• Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Shadow Cove March (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Siege (Reduced instrumentation) (2020/2021)
• Snake Charmer (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
• Spero (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Starfire Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Vanishing Point (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

• Adrenaline Engines (2010)
• Afterburn (2009)
• Aggressivo (2013)
• Aggressivo (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
• Alarm (2019)
• Alarm (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Angelic Celebrations (2014)
• Argentum (2015)
• Armory (2015)
• Art(isms) I: Pointallism
• Art(isms) II: Surrealism
• Art(isms) III: Abstract Expressionism
• Battlesong (2012)
• Bazaar (2017)
• Bees. See: Garden Suite
• Beginners Rock! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Boom Boom Galop (2017)
• Brave Spirit (2015)
• Brighton Camp March (2012)
• Buffalo Island March
• C-141 Starlifter (2015)
• A Carmen Christmas (as arranger) (2015)
• Celebration (2016)
• Celebration Tribalesque (2011)
• Celebrations for Christmas (as arranger) (2020)
• Cha'la (2018)
• A Christmas Bell Carol (as arranger) (2018)
• A Christmas Fanfare (2011)
• A Christmas Flourish (2017)
• A Christmas Tale (2016)
• Christmas Village (2021)
• Christmas at the Circus (as arranger) (2014)
• Circuit Breaker (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (2014)
• Companion of My Voice (2015)
• Dancing Lights (2020)
• Danse Bohemien (2010)
• Danse Carnivale (2013)
• Dark Ride (2018)
• Dark Ride (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Darklands Symphony
  • Darklands March (2014)
  • Darklands March (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
  • Darklands Legends (2017)
  • DarkHeart (2016)
• Daybreak March
• Deus Ex Machina (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Dragon Lord (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Earthdawn (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• El Zorro Rojo (2019)
• Extremis (2015)
• Fanfare for the 16th Empire (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• A Festival of Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Fiat Lux (2021)
• Fields of Clover (2005)
• Flowers. See: Garden Suite
• Folk Suite for Beginning Band
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2020)
• Four (2017)
• Frogs. See: Garden Suite
• Gadget (2012)
• Galactic Fanfare (2018)
• Garden Suite (2018-2020)
  • Frogs (2018)
  • March of the Arachnids (2019)
  • Flowers (2020)
  • Bees (2020)
• Gently Blows the Summer Wind (2008)
• Gestures (2019)
• Grace (2007)
• Groovy-8 (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Half-Past One
• Half-Past Two (2016)
• Havana Nights (2020)
• Havana Nights (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Her Majesty's Brigade (2011)
• High Voltage (2017)
• Hillside March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• A Holiday Galop (as arranger) (2013)
• Imaginarium (2015)
• Impact (2018)
• In Endless Song (2014)
• In Late November (2009)
• In Paths of Truth and Grace (2015)
• In Quiet Hours (2019)
• In Simple Faith (as arranger) (2018)
• In These Last Days of Autumn (2016)
• In the Court of the King (2013)
• Iron and Ice (2017)
• IronHeart (2014)
• The Joyful Rose of Winter (as arranger) (2018)
• A Joyous Christmas (2015)
• Kinetic Dances (2015)
• Kinetic Dances (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)
• The Lake of Sorrows. See: Tales from the Darklands
• Legacy Overture (2020)
• Life's Railway (2018)
• Little Suite for Band (2014)
• Lullabye (Waltz for Band) (2009)
• Lux Spiritus (2018)
• A Maid of Bedlam (as arranger) (2020)
• March of the Arachnids. See: Garden Suite
• March of the Winter Elves (2016)
• Marzo Zingaro (2017)
• Mechanical Monsters (2021)
• Mechanical Monsters (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Metalheads (2016)
• Metrodance (2012)
• Metrodance (Reduced instrumentation) (2012/2021)
• Morpheus (2016)
• New Era Fanfare (2013)
• The Nine (2018)
• Ode to Joy
• Of Monsters and Men (2019)
• On a Catalonian Carol (as arranger) (2016)
• Pacifica (2019)
• Pacifica (Reduced instrumentation) (2019/2021)
• Pandora (2007)
• The Photo Album (2020)
• Portent (2008)
• A Prayer Before Nightfall
• Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Pulse (2014)
• Rage (2011)
• The Rains of Scarborough Fair (as arranger) (2017)
• Relentless (2016)
• Ridge Spirit Fanfare
• A Rollicking Hannukah (2018)
• The Rowan Tree (as arranger) (2010)
• Ruckus (2014)
• Shadow Cove March (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Siege (2020)
• Siege (Reduced instrumentation) (2020/2021)
• Skygazer Fanfare (2015)
• Snake Charmer (2009)
• Snake Charmer (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
• Snow Angels (2014/2017)
• The Soft-Shoe Rag (2012)
• Spero (2021)
• Spero (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Spring (2021)
• Starfire Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Steel (2011)
• Still, Still, Still (as arranger) (2011)
• Stonewall: 1969 (2019)
• Sultana: 1865 (2020)
• Summer Song (2016)
• Taiko (2020)
• Tales from the Darklands
• The Lake of Sorrows (2021)
• The Lake of Sorrows (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Tanchōzuru (2016)
• That Old Hound Dog Rag (2009)
• Thrash (2019)
• Tiger: The Shadow Hunter (2018)
• Timepiece (2015)
• To Horizons Unseen (2019)
• Tomorrow's Celebration (2013)
• Towercrest March
• Undecim (2015)
• Under the Cherry Blossoms (2018)
• Union Street March
• Vanishing Point (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Venom (2017)
• Victory Parade March
• We Wish You a Scary Christmas! (2020)
• The Western Journey (2020)
• When Summer's in the Meadow (2020)
• When the Spring Rain Begins to Fall (2013)
• Where Words End... (2019)
• Whiplash (2014)
• Winds of Change (2016)
• The Witching Hour (2014)
• With Every Winter's Breath (2012)
• Wolverine Summer (2018)
• A Yuletide Festival (2012)
• Zooveniers (2011)

Resources

• Standridge, R. (2010). Adrenaline Engines [score]. Grand Mesa Music: Grand Junction, Colo.