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Eureka
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo (optional
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
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Splash Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Eureka, a word to express triumph on a discovery. Many of us have felt this feeling before. I've always wanted to write a piece about this, but I could never describe it in music form. Until final (ironically) EUREKA! I figured out how with this short scherzo-like piece for concert band.
The beginning with the woodwinds and the percussion represents the short burst of energy that lights the spark of curiosity. From there we build all the way to the next big moment of the melody. Finally we reach the final explanation – the final discovery that is the culmination of everything!
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Texas (Austin) Longhorn Concert Band (Drew Dickey, conductor) – 19 February 2023
- University of South Carolina (Columbia) University Band (Quintus F. Wrighten, Jr., conductor) - 14 November 2022
- University of Kansas (Lawrence) University Band (Emily Warren, conductor) – 2 November 2022
- Lakeside Middle School (Cumming, Ga.) Symphonic Band – 13 October 2022
- Eureka (Ill.) High School Band (Todd Stalter, conductor) - 9 May 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Nimbus (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Street Noise (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
All Wind Works
- AYO (2022)
- Backlash (2022)
- Beyond (2018)
- Bridges (2022)
- Canvases (2020)
- Celestia's Horizon (2020)
- Cerulea (2020)
- Cold (2018)
- Colors in the Sky (2018)
- DOPE (2022)
- Dragonfly (2019)
- Eureka (2020)
- Grosso Blue (2018)
- Halcyon Hearts (2021)
- Havens (2022)
- Haywire (2018)
- Heaven at Night
- Hurry (2018)
- In Living Color (2021)
- Infinity (2020)
- Invictus (2019)
- Kaleidoscope Eyes (2022)
- Nimbus (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Nova (2019)
- Oblivion
- Pavane for 10 Winds (2021)
- Riptides (2020)
- Serenade (2019)
- Skyward (2022)
- Song for Ursa (2020)
- Spectra (2017)
- Starlight (2019)
- Street Noise (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Sunshine (2019)
- Unspoken (2020)
- Uptilt (2022)
- Victory (2020)
- Western Pines (2022)
- When Heaven Cries (2021)
- Where the Sky Has No Stars (2020/2021)
- WildHeart (2019)
Resources
- Katahj Copley website Accessed 2 November 2022
- Perusal score