April
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $16.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
April was commissioned by the Farmington Middle School East 7th Grade Concert Band. My goal was to write a piece of music that is lyrical and expressive, yet accessible for young bands. April is a musical depiction of the efflorescence of spring.
- Program Note by composer
Awards
- First Frank Ticheli Composition Contest, finalist
Media
State Ratings
- South Carolina: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Michigan Technological University (Houghton) Campus Concert Band (Miles Christianson, conductor) - 21 April 2023
- Granite Ridge Intermediate School (Fresno, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Jose Vargas, conductor) – 22 April 2022 (2022 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Curran Prendergast, conductor) – 4 March 2020
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire High School 9-10 Blue Honor Band (Chris Gleason, conductor) - 2 November 2019
- Smitha Middle School (Marietta, Ga.) 8th Grade Symphonic Band (Morgan Fargo, conductor) – 16 October 2019
- University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Red Concert Band (Jamal Duncan, conductor) – 22 April 2018
- Smoky Hills (Salina, Ks.) Middle School Honor Band (Carl T. Rowles, conductor) - 12 October 2017
- University of Louisville Concert Band (Heather Kulengowski, graduate conductor) - 11 April 2017
- California All-State Junior High School Concert Band (John Burn, conductor) - 18 February 2018 (2018 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Honor Band (Curran Prendergast, conductor) – 13 February 2016
- Granite Ridge Intermediate (Clovis, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Jose Vargas, conductor) - 17 April 2015 (2015 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
- Jersey Village (Tex.) High School Symphonic II Band (Sixto Montesinos, conductor) - Winter 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Life Painting (Adaptable Band) (2019/2020)
- Tears of St. Lawrence (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
All Wind Works
- All the Things I'm Not (2019)
- Among the Aspens (2022)
- And Sings the Tune Without the Words (2020)
- April (2008)
- Beneath a Canvas of Green (2012/2018)
- Bluebonnet Drift (2021)
- Child Moon (2017)
- Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble (2018)
- A Dream of Trees (2019)
- Drifting (2022)
- Fever Flash
- Floral Larceny (2018)
- Forever Radiant (2019)
- A Glimpse of the Eternal (2016)
- I was Just Looking at the World (2011)
- In the Open Air, in the Silent Lines (2018)
- In This Moment (2001/2011)
- Inner Sanctum (2010)
- Iris (2016)
- It Has to Be Beautiful (2018)
- Life Painting (2019)
- Life Painting (Adaptable Band) (2019/2020)
- The Long Light After Time (2022)
- Move
- Only Light (2014)
- Pale Blue on Deep (2011)
- Snap
- Shimmer
- Stained with Light
- Tears of St Lawrence (2014)
- Tears of St. Lawrence (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
- Temperance (2016)
- ...to the wind (2014)
- Traces of Amber Sky (2018)
- Vignettes of Mount Vernon (2022)
Resources
- Aaron Perrine website Accessed 4 August 2018
- Perrine, A. (2008). April [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.