Coming Home
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General Info
Year: 2016 / 2023
Duration: c. 7:05
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Jillian Whitaker Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00 | Score and Parts (pdf) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $75.00
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
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-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-VI
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Coming Home was commissioned in 2016 as a tribute to the University of Northern Iowa Wind Symphony and Dr. Ronald Johnson. As a former member of the ensemble, I wanted Coming Home to be a sort of offering of myself to the wind symphony as a thank you for the experiences it gave me.
As I began writing the piece, I settled pretty quickly on a “Copland-esque” main theme ... something that is very "me" in many ways, and that contains some of my joyful, confident qualities ... sort of a celebration of my memories with the ensemble. Towards the middle section of the piece you hear my minimalist and cinematic influences -- the sounds that always seem to comes out of me most organically.
Coming Home isn't programmatic; there was no story or specific imagery in mind as I wrote it. It's simply a small bit of my soul, however selfishly or unselfishly, as a gift to an ensemble and a conductor that played a large role in shaping me as a person and musician.
The revised 2023 edition of this work was spurred by discussion between Sarah Baker (conductor) and Jillian Whitaker (composer) who both played saxophone in the UNI Wind Symphony under Dr. Johnson during their undergraduate studies. The Ohio State Wind Symphony will provide the premiere performance of this edition and fifth overall in the United States.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- The Ohio State University (Columbus) Wind Symphony (Sarah Baker, conductor) - 4 October 2023 *Edition Premiere Performance*
- Central Iowa Wind Ensemble (Ankeny) (Mark A. Doerffel, conductor) - 10 March 2019
- Corpo Musicale Comunale di San Paolo d'Argon (Denis Salvini, conductor) - 23 December 2018
- Quad City Wind Ensemble (Davenport, Iowa) (Brian Hughes, conductor) – 25 February 2018
- University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls) Wind Symphony (Ronald Johnson, conductor) - 24 April 2017 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Coming Home (2016)
- This Is How (2023)
Resources
- Jillian Whitaker, personal correspondence, June 2018
- Jillian Whitaker website Accessed 10 June 2018