Everyday Hero

Timothy Mahr

General Info

Year: 2004
Duration: c. 6:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A Kjos Music
Cost: Score & Parts - $105.00 | Score Only - $11.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
French Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drums (2)
Crash Cymbals
Finger Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Gong (or Tam-tam)
Marimba
Mark Tree
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Timpani
Tom-Toms
Triangles (low and high)
Tubular Bells

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Everyday Hero was commissioned by the Middle Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association in memory of Zeke Nicar, former band director at Tennessee High, Bristol, TN, Vanderbilt University and Executive Secretary of NBA.

This work celebrates the diligent efforts and unsung accomplishments of the everyday hero. The composition praises those who make it all work, whether it be a single parent holding a family together or a teacher giving countless hours of outside time to students' concerns. It might be the neighbor who looks after others on the block, the local cop who stands ready at great personal risk to keep things safe for the rest of us, the church volunteer who extends care to those in need, or an innocent child doing what seems right without understanding what the term "hero" even means. It's my dad taking the most gristled portion of meat from the serving platter while telling his five sons that he liked that part the best, or my mom doing without things she desired so that the boys could have a few things they wanted bur really did not need.

Given any thought, this list easily broadens. We all have heroes and most of them aren't the kind who have statues erected in their honor or have been given great media attention. They are people who have touched our lives in meaningful ways, most of the time without realizing it until after the fact.

Everyday Hero acknowledges the self-sacrifice made by so many in order that the lives of others may be made better. Most band directors fall into this category - Zeke Nicar was certainly one of them.

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Media

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Muscatine (Iowa) High School Symphonic Band (Lee Plummer, conductor) - 9 May 2017

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and in this dream there were eight windows... (2003)
Appalachian Folk Dream (2016)
Argentum (1986)
Blue Sky Day (2006)
Bridge Square March (2005)
Bright Side (2015/2018)
Carolina Folk Dream
Climb the Castle Walls! (2011)
Dauntless (2015)
Daydream (1989)
Diamond Celebration (2009)
Dig Down Deep (2013)
Endurance (1991)
Etched in Stone (2018)
Everyday Hero (2011)
Fanfare and Grand March (1980)
Fantasia in G (1982)
Festivals
Fields of Grain as Seen From a Train (2008)
Flourish (2000)
GF Redux: "It's Yours", from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Heroic Rhapsody (2009)
Heroic Valor (2009)
Hey! (2001/2005)
Honoris Causa (2009)
Hymn and Celebration (1994)
Imagine, If You Will... (2013)
Imagining Peace (2018)
Immigrant Dreams (1992)
Imprints
Inaugural Dances (2006)
Into the Air! (1998)
Look In/Look Out (2018)
A Mighty March (2003)
Mountain Prayers (2006)
Mourning Dances (2001)
Mr. Kallman (2019)
Noble Element (2007)
Passages (1984)
Pride, Promise and Progress (2009)
A Quiet Place To Think (1999)
Retreat, from All Hail the Power (2002)
The Soaring Hawk (1991)
Sol Solator (2009)
Spirits Ablaze (2013)
Spring Divertimento (1992)
Suite for Band (2014)
Symphony No. 1 (2016)
Uncle Lumpy's Garage (2005)
Urgent Voices (2020)
The View from the Mountaintop (1996)
When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers (1997)

Resources

Timothy Mahr website