Homecoming
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 7:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Activist Media, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $200.00; (digital) - $200.00 | Score Only (print) - $35.00; (digital) - $35.00
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
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
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Electric Bass
Electric Keyboard
Percussion, including:
- Drum Set
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Electric Guitar
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Homecoming is a distinctly American piece of music which ventures emotionally from doubt, to hope, and finally to celebration. Written for the soldiers of the U.S. Army TRADOC Band, the piece reflects upon wishes for the safe return of those who serve their country. Beginning with shades of concern and resolving with great joy, Homecoming seamlessly flows between traditional styles that originated in the U.S., from post-minimalist concert music to jazz. As the music grows into a waltz rhythm, welcoming smiles dance with it to the end as loved ones are reunited.
The individuals behind each instrument devote their lives to creating inspired music, and the people of the U.S. Armed Forces devote their lives to the betterment of the lives of others. In this piece, the most simple wind instrument of all, the human voice, echoes meaningful homecomings, wherever home may be and from whatever circumstance one returns.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Diablo Valley College (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Kaitlin Bove, conductor) 2 March 2023
- University of Maryland Baltimore County Wind Ensemble (Brian Kaufman, conductor) - 5 December 2022
- Windy City Winds (Chicago, Ill.) (Sarah Good Mosley, conductor) - 13 May 2022
- University of Indianapolis (Ind.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Jon Noworyta, conductor) - 26 September 2021
- University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Symphony (Chad Shoopman, conductor) - 25 April 2019
- United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.) Band (Tod Addison, conductor) – 19 January 2019
- Oregon State University (Corvallis) Wind Ensemble (Chris Chapman, conductor) - 31 May 2018
- University of Hawaii at Manoa Wind Ensemble (Jeffrey Boeckman, conductor) – February 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Count to Ten (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Kitchen Sync (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Kitchen Sync. See also: Suite Treats
- Passages (Adaptable Band) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Ascent (2020)
- Beneath. See: Immersion (2010)
- Bioplasm (flute choir) (2004/2012)
- Bioplasm (flute quartet) (2004)
- Breathe (2020)
- Count to Ten (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Depth. See: Immersion
- Even Deeper (2014)
- Free (2022)
- Homecoming (2008)
- Immersion (2010)
- Kitchen Sync (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Kitchen Sync. See also: Suite Treats
- Lights Out (2015)
- Liquid Compass (2014)
- Moment (2016)
- Off the Edge (2019)
- Paper Cut (2010)
- Passages (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Pop Music (2022)
- Rock Music (2016)
- Surface. See: Immersion (2010)
- Suspended (2021)
- Tight Squeeze (2012)
- Train of Thought (sextet) (2015)
- Trains of Thought (concert band) (2015/2017)
Resources
- Alex Shapiro discusses Homecoming
- Alex Shapiro website Accessed 4 September 2018
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 469.
- Perusal score