Bright Side

Timothy Mahr

General Info

Year: 2015 /2018
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Mahr Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Tom-Tom (3)
Triangle
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

For as long as I’ve had the good fortune to know William Webb, I’ve been impressed by the totality of his person. Bill is simply one of the very best people I’ve ever known. He’s the genuine deal. A consummate and highly effective educator, Bill is a refined musician, and a devoted and devout family man. His record of achievement with the Edina High School band program in Edina, Minnesota, is exemplary, and his tireless contributions to the Minnesota Symphonic Winds since their founding in 1978 have been critical to their success. Throughout the over 30 years I’ve known him, Bill has demonstrated repeatedly an optimism that underscores his path through life. Often I’d find myself less than thrilled about certain prospects ahead of me, and Bill, by way of simple yet eloquent comments, would help guide me toward a more reasonable path forward, and all with a smile in his eyes and honest energy in his voice.

Of late, Bill has had to face incredibly challenging personal health concerns. The lesser among us (certainly myself) might have easily succumbed to a self-pity and bitterness under similar circumstances. Not Bill. No way. Always the teacher, he now models a response to difficulty that shines a light on how an ordeal might be confronted. I’ve learned many things from this fine man. The most important lesson perhaps has been to always look on the bright side.

The work was premiered by the Edina Concert Band, Paul Kile, conductor, in September 2016.

- Program Note by composer

For the Edina Concert Band and dedicated to our dear friend and colleague, William Webb

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. St. Olaf Band (Timothy Mahr, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of California, Los Angeles, Wind Ensemble (Janet Kim, conductor) – 7 December 2018
St. Olaf Band (Northfield, Minn.) (Timothy Mahr, conductor) – 24 September 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adoramus Te, Christe (as arranger)
and in this dream there were eight windows... (2003)
Appalachian Folk Dream (2016)
Argentum (1986)
Blue Sky Day (2006)
Bridge Square March (2005)
Bright Side (2015/2018)
Carolina Folk Dream
Climb the Castle Walls! (2011)
Dauntless (2015)
Daydream (1989)
Diamond Celebration (2009)
Dig Down Deep (2013)
Endurance (1991)
Etched in Stone (2018)
Everyday Hero (2011)
Fanfare and Grand March (1980)
Fantasia in G (1982)
Festivals
Fields of Grain as Seen From a Train (2008)
Flourish (2000)
GF Redux: "It's Yours", from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Heroic Rhapsody (2009)
Heroic Valor (2009)
Hey! (2001/2005)
Honoris Causa (2009)
Hymn and Celebration (1994)
Imagine, If You Will... (2013)
Imagining Peace (2018)
Immigrant Dreams (1992)
Imprints
Inaugural Dances (2006)
Into the Air! (1998)
Look In/Look Out (2018)
A Mighty March (2003)
Mountain Prayers (2006)
Mourning Dances (2001)
Mr. Kallman (2019)
Noble Element (2007)
Passages (1984)
Pride, Promise and Progress (2009)
A Quiet Place To Think (1999)
Retreat, from All Hail the Power (2002)
The Soaring Hawk (1991)
Sol Solator (2009)
Spirits Ablaze (2013)
Spring Divertimento (1992)
Suite for Band (2014)
Symphony No. 1 (2016)
Uncle Lumpy's Garage (2005)
Urgent Voices (2020)
The View from the Mountaintop (1996)
When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers (1997)

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