Elation

Sean O'Loughlin

Sean O'Loughlin

General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer

Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00   |   Score Only - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe (optional Oboe II)
Bassoon
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
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Snare Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Bells
• Cabasa
• Chimes (optional)
• Claves
• Shakers
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tam-Tam
• Tambourine
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This well-conceived, commissioned work conveys a mood of celebration and a sense of rhythmic energy throughout. A spirited introduction leads to an initial statement of the heroic melody by the trumpets. Upper woodwinds then play the soaring melody before the piece proceeds to a contrasting section with driving rhythms and occasional polychords. A minor groove section then adds an effective contrast before the heroic melody returns, A meter change to adds rhythmic intensity as the piece increases in tempo to a Presto section, bringing the composition to a rousing conclusion.

-Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Elation was commissioned by the Mu Delta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi and the University Bands of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, in celebration of the fifth anniversary of "The Joy of Middle School Band: Kids, Music, Teachers" A Fall Conference on Middle School Band Music.

The music is celebratory in nature with a contrasting minor groove section in the middle. The music is heroic in the opening with splashes of rhythmic energy to enhance the soaring quality of the line. Some polychords come into the mix, which opens the harmonic language a bit. The minor groove section follows. Rhythmic punctuations in the upper voices provide a nice complement to the driving groove in the lower voices. The melody turns into minor with some imitation between sections of the ensemble. As the music returns to its heroic roots, more rhythmic energy and a gradual accelerando bring the composition to a rousing conclusion.

-Program Notes from score

Media

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State Ratings

• Alabama: Class D

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Shaker Heights Middle School 8th Grade Band (Jason Clemens, conductor) - 29 April 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

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• Amazing Grace (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2014)
• Exhale (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2021)
• Hidden Wonders (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Ides of March (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2015)
• Visigoths (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012)
• Waltz of the Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

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• Arrival at Normandy (2005)
• Azimuth (2017)
• Back to the Future (as arranger)
• Battlefront (2017)
• The Best of INXS (as arranger) (2016)
• Beyond the Crest (2018)
• The Blessing (as arranger) (2010)
• Burst (2008)
• Canyon Winds (2004)
• Carol of the Bells (as arranger)
• Christmas Sketches (as arranger) (2000)
• Commence! (2018)
• Convergence (2017/2019)
• Convergence (Trumpet sextet) (2017)
• Counting Stars (as arranger) (2015)
• Daedalus' Labyrinth (2014)
• Dawn of the Spartans (2017)
• Dominion (2013)
• Doppler Effect (2014)
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• Edge of Destiny (2016)
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• Emblazon (2011)
• Embolden (2018)
• Enchanted Village (2007)
• Exhale (2018)
• Exhale (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2021)
• Fairytale of New York (as arranger) (2015)
• Fortitude (2009)
• A Gleeful Christmas (as arranger) (2012)
• Hawaii Five-O Theme (as arranger) (2011)
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• Hidden Wonders (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Hidden World (2013)
• Highlights from "Brave" (as arranger) (2012)
• Highlights from "Frozen" (as arranger) (2013)
• Highlights from "Mary Poppins" (as arranger) (1963/2011)
• Holiday Ornaments (as arranger) (2003)
• Holiday Portraits (as arranger) (2010)
• How to Train Your Dragon (as arranger) (2010)
• Huron Trail (2009)
• The Ides of March (2013)
• The Ides of March (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2015)
• I'm Shipping Up to Boston (as arranger) (2004/2012)
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• Impact (2008)
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• Into the Mist (2002)
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• Journey to Illyria (2018)
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• Jubilant Holiday (2005)
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• The Ludlows (2011)
• Magellan (2015)
• Mammoth (2014)
• Mary Poppins (as arranger) (2011)
• Metal! (as arranger) (2014)
• Mighty Mite (as arranger) (1951/2003/2013)
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• Mystic Portal (2010)
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• Osmosis (2015)
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• Ruminations (2008)
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• Spirals of Light (2007)
• Spirit of the Sea (2004)
• The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2017)
• Strength and Honor (2020)
• Strong of Heart (2019)
• Stronghold (2015)
• Supremacy (2009)
• Temblor (2017)
• Terminus (2020)
• Theme from "Lost in Space" (as arranger) (1965/1993)
• Thrive (2015)
• Thunderbound (2019)
• Thunderstruck (2015)
• Traditions (2016)
• Tribal Quest (2003)
• Turning Point (2012)
• The Twelve Days of Christmas (as arranger) (1999)
• Twinkle Little Christmas Star (as arranger) (2016)
• Unbound (2012)
• Unforgotten Friends (2006)
• Urban Invasion (2007)
• Venture (2012)
• Vigor (2003)
• Visigoths (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012)
• Waltz of the Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Waves of the Revolution (2005)
• Wigan Warriors (2006)
• Winds Along the Whippany (2010)
• Zig Zag (2019)

Resources

• The Instrumentalist, Vol. 69, No. 3 (October 2014), p. 34