Halle's Light
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 5:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Fornine Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
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
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes, metallic
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Halle's Light was written as a musical tribute to honor the life of Halle Holland. Described by family and friends as a joyful, vibrant, and energetic person, Halle's life was ultimately cut short after a five-year battle with cancer.
Instead of looking at a life ended, this piece looks to pay respects to a life lived well by expressing bright optimism and hope. The work also references Bunessan, a Scottish Gaelic tune more easily recognized as the melody used in the Cat Steven's song Morning Has Broken. This song was a favorite of Halle's and was sung at her funeral.
Halle's Light was commissioned by Dr. Tonya Millsap and the Glenn C. Jones Middle School band and is dedicated to the school's principal Rich Holland and his family, in memory of Halle, loving wife and mother.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Spartan Youth Wind Symphony (Arris Golden, conductor) - 1 May 2022
- Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Jason Delfing, conductor) - 10 October 2021
- Exeter Union High School (Exeter, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Kirk Clague, conductor) -18 March 2018 (2018 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Autobahn (Flex instrumentation) (2008/2020)
- Café 512 (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Jinx (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- Acts of Congress (2020)
- Autobahn (2008)
- Café 512 (2010)
- A Familiar Sentiment (2017)
- Firefly (2008)
- Full Circle (2019)
- Halle's Light (2014)
- Jinx (2017)
- Joie de Vivre (2021)
- Portrait in Jade (2016)
- Redwood (2010)
- Riff Raff (2012)
- To All Those Who Enter
- Visionaries (2007)
- The Wild Goose (2014)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Phillips, Chester B. "Halle's Light." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 557-565. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.