Argentum

Randall Standridge

Randall Standridge

General Info

Year: 2015
Duration: c. 5:40
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• China Cymbals
• Crash Cymbals
• Hi-Hat
• Marimba
• Ride Cymbal
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Tom-Tom, deep
• Triangle
• Wind Chimes
• Wood Block (2)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by the 2013-2014 Sheridan High School Band of Sheridan, AR, and their conductors, Ron McHone and Dennis Wolfe.

- Program Note from score

Using the Latin word for silver as its title, this stirring band work was commissioned to honor the career of Ron McHone (the composer's high school band director) and the 25th Anniversary of his tenure at Sheridan, Arkansas, High School. The work begins with a 7/8 section, an inside nod to Mr. McHone’s fondness of the music of Claude T. Smith, then kicks into a high-spirited Scottish sounding dance. After a reflective middle section, the piece recaps the introductory material before finally coming to a rousing conclusion.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class B

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project*

• Sheridan (Ark.) High School Band w/Sheridan Freshman Academy Band and Alumni Players (Randall Standridge, conductor) – 6 May 2014 Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Aggressivo (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
• Alarm (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Beginners Rock! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• 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)
• Havana Nights (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Hillside March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Shadow Cove March (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Snake Charmer (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
• 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 (2016)
• Art(isms) I: Pointallism
• Art(isms) II: Surrealism
• Art(isms) III: Abstract Expressionism
• Battlesong
• 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
• Celebration (2016)
• Celebration Tribalesque (2011)
• Celebrations for Christmas (as arranger) (2020)
• A Christmas Bell Carol (2018)
• A Christmas Fanfare
• A Christmas Flourish (2017)
• A Christmas Tale (2016)
• Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (2014)
• Companion of My Voice (2015)
• 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)
• Fields of Clover
• Flowers. See: Garden Suite
• Folk Suite for Beginning Band
• 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
• Half-Past One
• Havana Nights (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Her Majesty's Brigade
• High Voltage (2017)
• Hillside March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Holiday Galop, A (as arranger) (2013)
• Imaginarium (2015)
• In Late November
• In Simple Faith (as arranger) (2018)
• In the Paths of Truth and Grace (2015)
• In These Last Days of Autumn (2016)
• Iron and Ice (2017)
• IronHeart (2014)
• Kinetic Dances (2015)
• Life's Railway (2018)
• Little Suite for Band (2014)
• Lullabye (Waltz for Band)
• Lux Spiritus (2018)
• March of the Arachnids. See: Garden Suite
• Metalheads (2016)
• Metrodance (2012)
• Morpheus (2016)
• New Era Fanfare (2013)
• The Nine (2018)
• Ode to Joy
• On a Catalonian Carol (as arranger) (2016)
• Pandora
• Portent
• A Prayer Before Nightfall
• Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Pulse (2014)
• Rage
• Ridge Spirit Fanfare
• A Rollicking Hannukah (2018)
• Rowan Tree, The (as arranger) (2010)
• Ruckus (2014)
• Shadow Cove March (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Skygazer Fanfare (2015)
• Snake Charmer (2009)
• Snake Charmer (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
• Snow Angels (2014/2017)
• Starfire Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Stonewall: 1969 (2019)
• Steel (2011)
• Still, Still, Still (as arranger) (2011)
• Tanchōzuru (2016)
• That Old Hound Dog Rag (2009)
• To Horizons Unseen (2019)
• Towercrest March
• Undecim (2015)
• Under the Cherry Blossoms (2018)
• Union Street March
• Vanishing Point (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Victory Parade March
• 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
• Zooveniers

Resources

• "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist 70.10 (2016): 41. Print