American Fanfare (Stephenson)

James Stephenson

General Info

Year: 2009
Duration: c. 2:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Eighth Note Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Crash Cymbals
Bells
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

It is a brisk and brief fanfare, meant to quickly get to uplifting the spirits of the audience. It therefore serves equally as a good opener to either half of a program, whether indoors or out. This work, by talented composer James Stephenson, features brilliant woodwind lines and bold brass parts.

- Program Note from publisher

American Fanfare was originally written for a church in Naples, Fla., for a celebratory occasion. At the encouragement of Erich Kunzel, it was scored for full orchestra in 1999 and later went on to win the Florida Orchestra fanfare competition that same year. Since that time, it has been performed by several major orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Detroit Symphony, and Rochester Philharmonic. In 2006, Commander David Alpar (U.S. Air Force) commissioned the concert band version.

- Program Notes from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Ensemble concert program, 2 March 2016

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band (Douglas Monroe, conductor)- 2009

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Broken Arrow (Okla.) High School Wind Ensemble (Bradley Genervo, conductor) - 1 March 2023 (88th Annual ABA National Convention)
West Chester University (Penn.) Wind Symphony (M. Gregory Martin, conductor) - 26 February 2023
University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls) Wind Ensemble (Danny Galyen, conductor) - 12 April 2022
Winds of the Houston (Tx.) Symphony (Steven Reineke, conductor) - 20 March 2021
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Terry Austin, conductor) – 26 February 2020
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Concert Band (Courtney Snyder, conductor) – 18 November 2019
The Ohio State University (Columbus) Wind Symphony (Russell C. Mikkelson, conductor) – 4 April 2019
University of Florida (Gainesville) Tuesday/Thursday Concert Band (Chip Birkner, conductor) – 26 February 2019
Valdosta (Ga.) State University Concert Band (Benjamin Harper, conductor) - 25 April 2018
Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Symphonic Band (Matthew Brunner, conductor) – 25 February 2018
Virginia Wind Symphony (Norfolk) (Dennis J. Zeisler, conductor) - 21 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
Washington and Lee University (Lexington, Va.) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Dobbins, conductor) – 6 November 2017
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Symphonic Band (John R. Locke, conductor) – 29 November 2016
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Ensemble (Hisatoshi Muta, conductor) - 2 March 2016 (81st Annual ABA National Convention)
Texas Community College Band Directors Association All-State Symphonic Band (Bobby Francis, conductor) - 14 February 2015 (2015 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
Hertford College (Oxford, UK) Wind Band (Aoife Dudley, conductor) - December 2014
Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (James Chesebrough, conductor) - 30 October 2014
University of Mississippi (Oxford) Symphonic Band (Patrick Carney, conductor) – 26 February 2010 (CBDNA 2010 Southern Division Conference, Oxford, Miss.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)

All Wind Works

American Embers (2017)
American Fanfare (2009)
as the fireflies watched (2020)
August in York (2008)
BasSOON It will be Christmas (2007/2013)
Celebration Overture (1999/2018)
Chorale in Blue (2018)
Christmas Charleston (as arranger) (2012)
Code of Conduct (2023)
Concerto Braziliano
Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
Concerto for Cell Phone
Concerto for Hope (2016/2017)
Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet (2016)
Concerto for Winds (2023)
Concerto Grosso (2016)
Concerto No 1 for Trumpet (2007)
Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet (2010)
Concerto No. 3 for Trumpet. See: Concerto for Hope
Deep Dish (2016)
The Devil's Tale (2013)
A Dialogue for Self and Soul (2013)
Dodecafecta (2010)
Duels and Dances (2011)
Duo Fantastique (2007)
Exhale! (2021)
Eyes on the Bison (2021)
Fanfare for an Angel (2010/2018)
Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
Fanfare for Democracy (2021)
Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
...Forward (2021)
Glissin' Up (2016)
Hanging by a Thread (2014)
Heritage of Freedom Fanfare
Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Holiday Fanfare Medley (2010)
Homage and Farewell (2010)
In the Moment (2018)
In the Moment Too (2018)
Intrepid Promise
It's About Time (2014)
Just B. See: Symphony for Brass
Kentucky Run (2019)
Kleiner Walzer (as transcriber) (1896/2022)
L'esprit de la trompette (2012/2014)
Lonesome Valley Folk Suite (2022)
Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
Luther: In Canon (2017)
May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
Möbius Trip (2017)
No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
Octet (2021)
Overture to a Winter Celebration (2010)
Perpetual Notion (2020)
Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
Requiem Dances (2018)
Rhythms of the Spirit (2006)
Saints Fantasy (2017)
Scram! (2018)
Second Thoughts (2014)
Smitty's Aweigh Overture
Sonata Rhapsody "The Arch" (2009/2014)
Sounds Awakened (2013)
Stars and Stripes Fanfare (2007/2018)
The Storyteller (2013/2017)
Sunburst Fanfare (2023)
Symphony for Brass (2014)
- Just B (2020)
Symphony No 1 for Concert Band (2008)
Symphony No 2 (2016)
Taps (2017)
there are no words (2015)
this is most certainly true (2017)
Three Bones Concerto (2013)
To the Sky (2011)
2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
Twisted Shout (2021)
Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)
Unfettered (2020)
Variations on Chinese Folk Songs (2006)
Vast and Curious (2014/2017)
Walk Slowly (arr. M. Stephenson) (1997/2009/2020)
Wildcat Run (2019)
Wooden Dimes (2021/2022)
Zodiac Concerto II (2022)

Resources

Stephenson, J. (2009). America Fanfare [score]. Eighth Note Publications: [Markham, Ont.]