Excursion
Subtitle: For Woodwind Ensemble
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Patrick Glenn Harper
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $38.95; (digital) - $38.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
English horn
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet (if no Contrabass)
Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Excursion, a contemporary piece for woodwind ensemble, includes parts that are fast paced and exciting, while other parts of the piece are more lyrical in order to take the listener on a musical journey.
- Program Note from Texas A&M University Symphonic Band concert program - 25 October 2020
Excursion is defined in the dictionary as 1) A short journey made for pleasure, 2) A group taking a short pleasure trip together and 3) in physics, a movement from and back to a position or axis in an alternating motion. This contemporary piece for woodwind ensemble employs the use of fast, energetic themes and slower, more lyrical sections to take the listener on a musical journey.
This piece was originally written for 12 parts, but at the request of several ensembles, an optional oboe and English horn part have been added.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Morehouse, conductor) - 4 March 2021
- Texas A&M University (College Station) Symphonic Band (Russell Tipton, conductor) - 25 October 2020
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Catharsis for Woodwind Ensemble (2022)
- Dragonborn (as arranger) (2012/2017)
- Excursion (2014)
- Fantasy on O "Come O Come Emmanuel" (2020)
- The Quest (2020)
- Summer Suite for Clarinet Ensemble (2015)
- Swingin' Jingle Bells (as arranger)
- Three Sketches for Woodwind Ensemble (2020)
- We Three Kings Swing (as arranger)
Resources
- Patrick Glenn Harper website Accessed 24 October 2020
- Perusal score