Dodecafecta

James Stephenson

Subtitle: A Concerto for Brass Quintet and Wind Ensemble

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 18:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Stephenson Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $220.00

Movements

1. Vivace Fantastique - 8:30
2. Rigid
3. Presto Circoso - 7:10

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo B-flat Trumpet I-II
Solo Horn in F
Solo Trombone
Solo Tuba
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (II doubling English horn)
Bassoon
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
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Cabasa
Chimes
Claves
Cowbell
Drum Set
Floor Tom
Glockenspiel
Guiro
Hi-Hat
Marimba
Ocean Drum
Police Whistle
Quarters (2; or small smooth rocks)
Sandpaper Blocks
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Tambourine
Tom-Tom
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Dodecafecta is derived from combining Dodeca —the Greek prefix for twelve—and Tnfecta, which is the fortuitous phenomenon of a good result coming in threes. At the outset of this project, Jacob Cameron, the leader of Spectrum Brass, envisioned a consortium of twelve collegiate schools coming together to commission a new concerto for brass quintet and wind ensemble from me. When the project became a reality, I was immediately struck with the idea of writing a fanciful, almost circus-like piece, with non-stop energy throughout. That, in essence, is the first movement: eight minutes of driving rhythms and colorful orchestration. Ironically, after the piece was already entitled (at least in my head), two more schools were added. Since I didn’t know the Greek prefix for fourteen, I left the title alone.

- Program Note by composer

The premiere took place December 16, 2010, at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, with Matthew George conducting the grand Symphonic Winds.

- Program Note from score

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Baylor Wnd Ensemble (J. Eric Wilson, conductor; Baylor Brass) - 2012

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Michigan State University (East Lansing) Concert Band (David Thornton, conductor) – 24 February 2016
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Concert Band (Courtney Snyder, conductor) – 7 December 2015
Brigham Young University, Idaho, Symphony Band (Diane Soelberg, conductor) - CBDNA Western/Northwestern Division Convention (Reno, Nev.) 13 March 2014
UW-Madison Wind Ensemble (Scott Teeple, conductor; Wisconsin Brass Quintet) - 5 October 2012
Grand Symphonic Winds (Saint Paul, Minn.) (Matthew George, conductor; Spectrum Brass Quintet) – 15 December 2010 (2010 Midwest Clinic) *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)

All Wind Works

American Embers (2017)
American Fanfare (2009)
as the fireflies watched (2020)
August in York (2008)
BasSOON It will be Christmas (2007/2013)
Celebration Overture (1999/2018)
Chorale in Blue (2018)
Christmas Charleston (as arranger) (2012)
Code of Conduct (2023)
Concerto Braziliano
Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
Concerto for Cell Phone
Concerto for Hope (2016/2017)
Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet (2016)
Concerto for Winds (2023)
Concerto Grosso (2016)
Concerto No 1 for Trumpet (2007)
Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet (2010)
Concerto No. 3 for Trumpet. See: Concerto for Hope
Deep Dish (2016)
The Devil's Tale (2013)
A Dialogue for Self and Soul (2013)
Dodecafecta (2010)
Duels and Dances (2011)
Duo Fantastique (2007)
Exhale! (2021)
Eyes on the Bison (2021)
Fanfare for an Angel (2010/2018)
Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
Fanfare for Democracy (2021)
Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
...Forward (2021)
Glissin' Up (2016)
Hanging by a Thread (2014)
Heritage of Freedom Fanfare
Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Holiday Fanfare Medley (2010)
Homage and Farewell (2010)
In the Moment (2018)
In the Moment Too (2018)
Intrepid Promise
It's About Time (2014)
Just B. See: Symphony for Brass
Kentucky Run (2019)
Kleiner Walzer (as transcriber) (1896/2022)
L'esprit de la trompette (2012/2014)
Lonesome Valley Folk Suite (2022)
Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
Luther: In Canon (2017)
May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
Möbius Trip (2017)
No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
Octet (2021)
Overture to a Winter Celebration (2010)
Perpetual Notion (2020)
Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
Requiem Dances (2018)
Rhythms of the Spirit (2006)
Saints Fantasy (2017)
Scram! (2018)
Second Thoughts (2014)
Smitty's Aweigh Overture
Sonata Rhapsody "The Arch" (2009/2014)
Sounds Awakened (2013)
Stars and Stripes Fanfare (2007/2018)
The Storyteller (2013/2017)
Sunburst Fanfare (2023)
Symphony for Brass (2014)
- Just B (2020)
Symphony No 1 for Concert Band (2008)
Symphony No 2 (2016)
Taps (2017)
there are no words (2015)
this is most certainly true (2017)
Three Bones Concerto (2013)
To the Sky (2011)
2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
Twisted Shout (2021)
Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)
Unfettered (2020)
Variations on Chinese Folk Songs (2006)
Vast and Curious (2014/2017)
Walk Slowly (arr. M. Stephenson) (1997/2009/2020)
Wildcat Run (2019)
Wooden Dimes (2021/2022)
Zodiac Concerto II (2022)

Resources

Perusal score
James Stephenson Music Accessed 22 June 2021