Declaration and Dance (Owens)

William Owens

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00; (digital) - $95.00 | Score Only (print) - $14.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Declaration and Dance was written for the Peak Music Festival of Texas, a nonprofit organization committed to excellence in music education by providing performance opportunities of the highest quality for wind bands and string ensembles. This intrepid composition strives to capture the passionate spirit of music making and celebrates the many individuals who regularly and generously give their time and talents to making the festival so successful.

The work opens with an exuberant fanfare before a brisk allegro dance section ensues, showcasing the energy and technical facility of all sections. The music then moves into an expressive slow section, revealing rich harmonies and tone colors before reassuming the original allegro tempo and driving to a rousing finale.

- Program Note from score

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

Northern Illinois University (DeKalb) Wind Symphony (Dani'ca Richardson, conductor) - 1 March 2023
Pearland (Tx.) Community Band (Bobby Wren, conductor) – 25 May 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)

All Wind Works

Across the Great Plains (2017)
After the Darkness (2021)
Albany Fanfare (2011)
All Things So Wondrous
Antiphon (2011)
Battle Command
Big Bend (2023)
The Blue Orchid (2005)
Blue Sky (2002)
But Joy Comes... (2010)
Captain Dane (2003)
Carnegie Anthem (2012)
Carpathia (2007)
Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Caverns of Sonora (2019)
Chisholm
Congolese (2017)
Corps of Discovery (2010)
Country Day Dances (2004)
Courtlandt County Festival (2004)
Credo (2012)
Curtain Up!
Dances Americanesque (2008)
Declaration and Dance (2010)
Destined to Fly (2018)
Egyptique (2010)
The Eighth Day (2022)
El Pato Loco (2010)
El Vaquero! (2017)
Every Day New (2018)
Excelsior! (2008)
Exhaltations! (2006)
Fandango Caliente (2017)
Fantasia on "Adeste Fidelis" (as arranger) (2007)
Festive Proclamation (2015)
Flourishes! (2019)
Flourishes! (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
Great Wall (2016)
Hark! (A Holiday Celebration) (As arranger)
Heavenwards (2015)
Heroes Triumphant (2012)
Hopak! (2014)
In Autumn (2009)
In Joyful Celebration (2003)
Ironclads (The Monitor and the Merrimack) (2012)
Journey of the Bonfire (2017)
Jupiter (as arranger) (1916/2006)
Kamehameha (2006)
Kitty Hawk, 1903 (2010)
Krakatoa (2008)
Maesong (2004)
Mars (as arranger) (1916/2009)
The Mighty 97th (2008)
New Horizons March (2016)
Of Gentle Spirit
Paintings (2011)
Paradise Awaiting... (2017)
Quicksilver (2018)
Resplendence (2017)
Silversides (2021)
The Southern Dawn (1998/2002)
Spit-Fire (2013)
Summit Fanfare (2008)
The Tahoka Galop (2004)
Tangelridge (2009)
Tambora! (2013)
Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
Terracotta (2009)
Three Scottish Vistas (2007)
To Her Majesty's Delight (2020)
Tudor Sketches (2013)
Tundra (2018)
Wedgwood March (2002)
The Wings of Mercury
With Valor and Brave Heart (2011)
The World's Greatest Show! (2022)
Yonaguska (2016)
Zia (2014)

Resources

Perusal score
William Owens website] Accessed 10 March 2023