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Robert Buckley

Robert Buckley

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General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 7:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00; (digital) - $80.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00;

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
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
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This exciting, innovative new work from Robert Buckley was commissioned by the Troy University Symphony Band in honor of the 37th annual Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic in Alabama. Using a recurring two-measure loop, this uniquely constructed piece is built up around various musical building blocks that are constantly evolving and transforming. The music is dramatic and dynamic, with full-blown ensemble passages suddenly dropping to quiet, powerful moments without ever losing the music's continuous drive. Following an exotic, bluesy middle section the piece builds, accelerating to a thrilling, rhythmic, percussive finish.

- Program Note from publisher

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Troy State University Symphony Band (Ralph Ford, conductor) - 2011

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Illinois Valley Central High School (Chillicothe) Wind Ensemble (Matthew J. Chapman, conductor) – 27 February 2020
• Toronto (Ont.) Youth Wind Orchestra (Dan Horner, conductor) – December 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Final Countdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
• Highlights from "Doctor Who" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2019)
• My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1959/2014)

All Wind Works

• Above and Beyond (2020)
• Ancient Stone Circles (2015)
• Arctic Fire. See: Symphony No. 1
• Attack of the Cyborgs (2017)
• Autumn's Garland. See: Symphony No. 3
• Bigfoot Stomp (2020)
• Cathedral Grove (2012)
• Codebreaker (2013)
• Continuum (2011)
• December (2013)
• Doctor Who (as arranger) (2016)
• Dreamcatcher (2016)
• Eagle Song (as arranger) (2018)
• Echo Lake (2014)
• Echoes of the Silent (2018)
• Excerpts from "The Rite of Spring" (as arranger) (2015)
• Fantasy on the Huron Carol (2014)
• Final Countdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
• Finn McCool (2020)
• Free Running (2012)
• From the Highest Peak (2017)
• The Gathering of Eagles (as arranger) (2018)
• Highlights from "Doctor Who" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2019)
• Highway of Heroes (2019)
• Hymn to Freedom (as arranger) (1962/2017)
• I Am the Doctor (as arranger) (2015)
• Iditarod. See: Symphony No. 1
• Jitterbug! (2018)
• Kingdom of the Sun and Moon (2015)
• The Knights' Creed (2018)
• Land of the Midnight Sun. See: Symphony No. 1
• LOL (2016)
• The Legend of Billy Miner (2018)
• Let the Bells Ring! (2015)
• Lightspeed (2017)
• The Lions March (2020)
• The Magic Mirror (2020)
• My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1959/2014)
• Ogopogo (2015)
• An Olympic Celebration (2007/2010)
• Pacifica (Buckley) (2013)
• Portraits of the North. See: Symphony No. 1
• Postcard from Amsterdam (2015)
• Postcard from England (2014)
• Postcard from Pittsburgh (2013)
• Prestidigitation (2016)
• Procession of the Sorcerers (2009/2012)
• Propulsion (2014)
• Raven (as arranger) (2020)
• ReBoot (2013)
• Red Sky (2015)
• Rock It Science (2013)
• The Seas of the Moon
  • Sea of Tranquility (2018)
  • Foaming Sea (2018)
  • Sea of Clouds (2019)
  • Serpent Sea (2019)
• Smoke and Mirrors (2012)
• Smugglers' Cove (2019)
• Snow (2017)
• Spirit of the Wolf (as arranger) (2019)
• Spring Awakening. See: Symphony No. 3
• Squonk Blues (2016)
• Starburst (2015)
• Summer Festivals. See: Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 1 (2012-2014)
  • Arctic Fire (2014)
  • Land of the Midnight Sun (2013)
  • Iditarod (2012)
• Symphony No. 3 (2021)
  • Autumn's Garland
  • Winter Light
  • Spring Awakening
  • Summer Festivals
• Synergy (2019)
• Themes from "The Crown" (as arranger) (2020)
• Thunderbird
• A Tribute to Arthur Delamont
  • Front and Center (2015)
  • Memento (2015)
  • Flying Colors (2015)
• Undercurrents (2016)
• Walking to the Sky (2016)
• Where Mountains Touch the Sky (2014)
• Wild Rose Jamboree (2016)
• Windjammer (2011)
• Winter Light. See: Symphony No. 3
• Wolf Song (2019)

Resources

• Perusal score