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Frederick Street
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 8:25
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Gregory Youtz
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00; (digital) - $100.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Agogo Bells
- Brake Drum
- Claves
- Conga (2)
- Cowbell (2)
- Djembe
- Guiro
- Maracas (2)
- Marimba
- Metal box
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal, medium
- Timbales (2)
- Tom-Tom, low and medium low
- Triangle
- Vibra-slap
- Whistle, Referee's, low and medium
- Xylophone
Players shouting
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Frederick Street is the main shopping street of Port of Spain, Trinidad, and therefore also the main parade route for masquerade bands during Trinidad’s historic and world famous Carnival celebration each year.
The six tunes, written by the composer, that appear in this piece are all evocative of the various genres of Carnival music that have emerged over time -- kalenda martial arts music, calypso songs, soca street party music, and traditional rhythms that accompany the many colorful and richly meaningful masquerade characters that have developed since the mid-19th century. What holds them all together are the ubiquitous rhythms of Afro-Caribbean percussion. We can imagine ourselves along the street, watching bands of masqueraders one after another passing by until, finally, we realize that the first band has come back around the corner again and we have seen them all!
- Program Note by composer
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Edwin Powell, conductor) – 22 March 2018 (CBDNA 2018 Western/Northwestern Conference, Rohnert Park, Calif.)*Premiere Performance*
- Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Edwin Powell, conductor) – 11 March 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Fireworks (1987)
- For Those Who Wait (2015)
- Four Chords (1993)
- Frederick Street (2018)
- In the Vernacular (1995)
- Scherzo for a Bitter Moon (1981)
- Three Dragons (1998)
- Trains of Thought (2000)
- Village Dances (1991)
Resources
- Gregory Youtz website Accessed 20 March 2018