Fanfare for the Common Teenager

William Pagán-Pérez

General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Free-Scores.com
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - Free

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Electric Bass
Piano
Percussion, including:

Conga
Glockenspiel
Guiro
Timbales

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Fanfare for the Common Teenager is a single-movement piece for the school concert band. It opens with a trumpet fanfare that becomes the main theme of the piece. Rhythms and texture from the Puerto Rican bomba genre were incorporated into the piece. Also, school band students can practice music improvisation with two chords.

- Program Note by composer

Dedicated to the concert band of the Preparatory School of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico.

- Program Note from score

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

1ra Retreta Banda de Conciertos de San Germán (Puerto Rico) – 27 March 2016
Banda de Concierto - Escuela Libre de Música de Mayagüez (Hilton Marcado, conductor) – May 2014
Porta del Sol Wind Ensemble (Bartolo Vargas, conductor)- August 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

The Bo Guamo’s Battle (2012)
Capriccio Yaucano No. 1
Concertante Boricua No. 2 (2012)
Fanfare for the Common Teenager (2013)
Guanina's Ceremonial March (2021)
Mabodamaca's Meditation (2012/2021)
Mi Combo Sabroso
Obertura Ripiá!
Poema 2016
Three Afro Hispanic Movements for Trombone and Band (2020)

Resources

Perusal score
William Pagán-Pérez website Accessed 23 September 2020