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Boogie and Blues
General Info
Year: 2013 / 2018
Duration: c. 9:05
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Roger Briggs
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) – Rental ($375.00) | Score Only (digital) - $90.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II-III (doubling Alto Flute)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
String Bass (highly amplified)
Piano (highly amplified)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Hi-Hat
- Kick Drum
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal (small and regular)
- Tam-tam (large)
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Boogie and Blues is lighthearted and takes as its source material a tune called the Muscle Shoals Blues composed by George W. Thomas, a member of W C Handy’s Memphis Blues Band and recorded by them in 1917-23. The original tune is never really outright stated but is constantly varied, developed, and combined with many other blues, gospel, and rock cliches heard so commonly in the incredibly rich musical tradition that we grew up with in our Muscle Shoals region.
Boogie & Blues is a transcription of the third movement from Symphony No. 2, which was commissioned and premiered by the Shoals Symphony Orchestra in honor of their 30th anniversary. The orchestral version was premiered in December 2012 in Florence, Alabama. This transcription for symphonic wind ensemble is dedicated to Chris Bianco and the Western Washington University Wind Ensemble, and was premiered by them in May 2014.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Florida Wind Symphony (David Waybright, conductor)
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Texas Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti) Wind Symphony (Mary K. Schneider, conductor) – 21 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 North Central Division Conference, Chicago, Ill.)
- McGill University (Montreal, Que.) Wind Orchestra (Alain Cazes, conductor) – 28 September 2018
- University of Florida (Gainesville) Wind Symphony (David Waybright, conductor) – 19 January 2017
- Kansas State University (Manhattan) Wind Ensemble (Frank Tracz, conductor) - 12 March 2016 (2016 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Fla.) Wind Ensemble (Kyle Prescott, conductor) – 18 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southern Division Conference, Charleston, S.C.)
- University of Texas Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 27 September 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Boogie and Blues (2014/2018)
- Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (2019)
- Night Images (1993)
- Phoenix (2015)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Roger Briggs website Accessed 8 March 2022