Fanfare for the 16th Empire

Randall Standridge

Randall Standridge

General Info

Year: 2021
Duration: c. 1:50
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Randall Standridge Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00   |   Score Only (print) - $8.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
C Instruments (T.C.)

• Flute
• Oboe
• Mallets
• Violin

B-flat Instruments

• Oboe
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• B-flat Trumpet
• B-flat Saxophones

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Clarinets
• E-flat Saxophones

F Instruments

• Horn in F

C Instruments (B.C., High)

• Bassoon
• Cello
• Euphonium
• String Bass
• Trombone

C Instruments (B.C., Low)

• Tuba

Piano/Synthesizer (optional)
Timpani (optional)
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals (optional)
• Drum Set (optional)
• Mallets
• Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

For those of you that are unaware, I was a band director for twelve years. During my time in that occupation, I created many works that had specific educational goals, but would also fit into our concert repertoire as, what I hoped, would be engaging pieces for both the players and the audience. I always struggled to find music that introduced new concepts in achievable, yet meaningful, ways.

Fanfare for the 16th Empire is a concert fanfare for young ensembles that serves many purposes. It is primarily intended as a tool to develop young players’ abilities to correctly time, articulate, and perform sixteenth notes. Secondly, it is intended to be an exciting work that makes the students run to rehearsal, slinging their bookbags across the room in their hurry to get their instruments out and get seated, ready to play. Lastly, it was a chance for me to satisfy both the educator and composer sides of my personality, as the work is a fanfare for an imaginary “lost” empire, full of kings, warriors, vast armies, and adventurous terrain.

- Program Note by composer

Performance Notes

While each part may be used for any instrument in that key, the instruments listed in parentheses are suggested for the best overall sound and range compatibility. Some parts contain optional octaves. The director/performer should select the octave that is best suited for their instrument and range.

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Aggressivo (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
• Alarm (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Beginners Rock! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Dark Ride (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Darklands March (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
• Deus Ex Machina (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Dragon Lord (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Earthdawn (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Fanfare for the 16th Empire (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• A Festival of Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Havana Nights (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Hillside March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Shadow Cove March (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Snake Charmer (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
• Starfire Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Vanishing Point (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

• Adrenaline Engines (2010)
• Afterburn (2009)
• Aggressivo (2013)
• Aggressivo (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
• Alarm (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Angelic Celebrations (2014)
• Argentum (2015)
• Armory (2016)
• Art(isms) I: Pointallism
• Art(isms) II: Surrealism
• Art(isms) III: Abstract Expressionism
• Battlesong
• Bazaar (2017)
• Beginners Rock! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Boom Boom Galop (2017)
• Brave Spirit (2015)
• Brighton Camp March (2012)
• Buffalo Island March
• Celebration (2016)
• Celebration Tribalesque (2011)
• Celebrations for Christmas (as arranger) (2020)
• A Christmas Bell Carol (2018)
• A Christmas Fanfare
• A Christmas Flourish (2017)
• A Christmas Tale (2016)
• Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (2014)
• Companion of My Voice (2015)
• Danse Bohemien (2010)
• Danse Carnivale (2013)
• Dark Ride (2018)
• Dark Ride (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Darklands Symphony
  • Darklands March (2014)
  • Darklands March (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
  • Darklands Legends (2017)
  • DarkHeart (2016)
• Daybreak March
• Deus Ex Machina (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Dragon Lord (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Earthdawn (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• El Zorro Rojo (2019)
• Extremis (2015)
• Fanfare for the 16th Empire (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• A Festival of Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Fields of Clover
• Folk Suite for Beginning Band
• Four (2017)
• Frogs (2018)
• Gadget (2012)
• Galactic Fanfare (2018)
• Gently Blows the Summer Wind (2008)
• Gestures (2019)
• Grace
• Half-Past One
• Havana Nights (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Her Majesty's Brigade
• High Voltage (2017)
• Hillside March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Holiday Galop, A (as arranger) (2013)
• Imaginarium (2015)
• In Late November
• In Simple Faith (as arranger) (2018)
• In the Paths of Truth and Grace (2015)
• In These Last Days of Autumn (2016)
• Iron and Ice (2017)
• IronHeart (2014)
• Kinetic Dances (2015)
• Life's Railway (2018)
• Little Suite for Band (2014)
• Lullabye (Waltz for Band)
• Lux Spiritus (2018)
• Metalheads (2016)
• Metrodance (2012)
• Morpheus (2016)
• New Era Fanfare (2013)
• The Nine (2018)
• Ode to Joy
• On a Catalonian Carol (as arranger) (2016)
• Pandora
• Portent
• A Prayer Before Nightfall
• Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Rage
• Ridge Spirit Fanfare
• A Rollicking Hannukah (2018)
• Rowan Tree, The (as arranger) (2010)
• Ruckus (2014)
• Shadow Cove March (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Skygazer Fanfare (2015)
• Snake Charmer (2009)
• Snake Charmer (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
• Snow Angels (2014/2017)
• Starfire Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Stonewall: 1969 (2019)
• Steel (2011)
• Still, Still, Still (as arranger) (2011)
• Tanchōzuru (2016)
• That Old Hound Dog Rag (2009)
• To Horizons Unseen (2019)
• Towercrest March
• Undecim (2015)
• Under the Cherry Blossoms (2018)
• Union Street March
• Vanishing Point (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Victory Parade March
• When the Spring Rain Begins to Fall (2013)
• Whiplash (2014)
• Winds of Change (2016)
• The Witching Hour (2014)
• With Every Winter's Breath (2012)
• Wolverine Summer (2018)
• A Yuletide Festival
• Zooveniers

Resources

• Creative Repertoire Initiative
• Perusal score
• Randall Standridge website Accessed 16 November 2020