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Dancing the Skies
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe (optional Flute II)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine (or Sleigh Bells)
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Inspired by a poem written by an American serviceman during World War II, Dancing the Skies builds on the idea of soaring over the skies and the wonderment of seeing the earth from above.
- Program Note from publisher
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Forbes Middle School Honor Band (Jason Schayot, conductor) - 2009
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Leeds (Ala.) Middle School Band - 2019
- Forbes Middle School (Georgetown, Tx.) Honors Band (Jason Schayot, conductor) – 18 December 2009 (2009 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Dancing the Skies (2009)
- Dark Visions
- Fantasy on Early American Tunes
- Hard Drive
- Images of India
- Japanese Pictures
- Juba
- Junk Funk
- Native American Homage (2006)
- Storm Chaser
- Swahili Folk Hymn (as arranger) (2008)
- Taiko Drums
- Zululand
Resources
- "Kevin Mixon." Carl Fischer. Web. Accessed 7 July 2021