Emerald Suite

Dwayne S. Milburn

Dwayne S Milburn

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General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00   |   Score Only (print) - $20.00

Movements

1. Rondo – 3:40
2. Air - 3:25
3. March – 2:55

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Each of the three movements of this work uses a particular section of the North Texas Alma Mater as its formative material. The opening movement, Rondo, is based on the music connected with the text “Singing glory to the green, singing glory to the white.” The second movement, Air, takes the music that accompanies the text “Down the corridor of years” and uses it as the accompaniment for a new melody introduced in the oboe. Movement three, March, forms the finale; it references the entire Alma Mater, with a fanfare figure derived from the melodic fragment that brings forth “But North Texas.” The use of Eb as the tonal center for the entire suite (as well as one particular statement of the rondo theme) is a conscious homage to Gustav Holst’s First Suite in E-flat and serves as a further reminder of the esteemed tradition to which Dennis Fisher and all conductors, composers, and performers of wind music are a vital part.

Emerald Suite was commissioned by the University of North Texas Wind Studies area, Green Brigade Marching Band, College of Music, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (Gamma Theta) music fraternity in recognition of Dennis W. Fisher and his 25 years of service, leadership, and inspiration to the University of North Texas community.

- Program Note by composer

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor)

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• University of North Texas (Denton) Symphonic Band (Dennis W. Fisher, conductor) – 26 October 2017

Works for Winds by this Composer

• American Hymnsong Suite (2007)
• Emerald Suite (2008)
• Fantasy on American Folk Songs (2009/2016)
• Meditation (2010)
• Moonlight Memories
• Songs in the Key of Stevie (as arranger, with Hernandez)
• Steadfast Leadership (2009)
• Variations on "St. Patrick's Breastplate" (2005)

Resources

• Milburn, D. (2008). Emerald Sute [score]. Ludwigmasters Publications: Boca Raton, Fla.