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Andrew Boysen, Jr.

Andrew Boysen, Jr.


General Info

Year: 1990 / 1992
Duration: c. 7:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A Kjos Music
Cost: Score & Parts - $50.00   |   Score Only - $5.00


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-III-IV
French Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Glockenspiel
  • Gong (Tam-tam)
  • Marimba
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Timpani
  • Tom-Toms
  • Triangle
  • Tubular Bells
  • Vibraphone
  • Woodblock

Players chanting


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

I Am was commissioned by Craig Aune and the Cedar Rapids Prairie High School Band of Cedar Rapids, Iowa in February 1990. It was written in memory of Lynn Jones, a baritone saxophone player in the band who was killed in an auto accident during that winter. The work is basically tonal in nature, but includes extended techniques such as an aleatoric section and singing from members of the ensemble. The aleatoric section is intended to represent the foggy morning of the crash in which Jones died. The words "I Am" are taken from a poem that he wrote just days before his death. The piece is not intended in any way to be an elegy. Instead, it is a celebration, a reaffirmation, of life.

I Am

Life, Music, Competition.
 I like exciting things, and doing good for others.
 Beauty, Successfulness and Smartness are important to me.
 I like to achieve recognition.
 I can succeed if I really put my mind to it.
 I am very set in my ways,
 But I can change when I realize my ignorance.
 I like a simple nonchalant lifestyle.
 I hate ignorance.
 I hate structuredness.
 This is me. I am!

-Lynn Jones
 January, 1990

- Program Note by Andrew Boysen, Jr.


Media


State Ratings

  • Texas: III. Complete


Performances

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  • University of Iowa (Iowa City) Voxman Honor Band (Myron D. Welch, conductor) - 19 February 2023
  • Mineola (N.Y.) High School Wind Ensemble (Christopher Toomey, conductor) - 2 February 2022
  • Arkansas State University (Jonesboro) Concert Band (Steven Riley, conductor) - 27 February 2020
  • Sacramento (Calif.) State University Concert Band (Matthew Morse, conductor) - 16 October 2019
  • Whitman College (Walla Walla, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Nathan Krebs, conductor) – 21 April 2019
  • Dr. Lawrence R. Sutherland High School Honor Band (Fresno, Calif.) (Andrew Boysen Jr., conductor) - 17 March 2019 (2019 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
  • University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Symphonic Band (Eric LaPrade) – 19 April 2018
  • University of Massachusetts (Amherst) Concert Band (Jared Bloch, conductor)– 4 December 2017
  • Ripon (Wisc.) College Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Kurt Dietrich, conductor) – 19 November 2017
  • West Chester University (Penn.) Wind Symphony (Elizabeth Mahovsky, conductor) – 26 April 2017
  • Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Concert Band (Debra Traficante, conductor) – 19 April 2016
  • University of North Texas (Denton) University Band (Kelly Desjardins, conductor) – 13 April 2016
  • Clovis (Calif.) West High School Symphonic Winds (John Lack, conductor) - 17 April 2015 (2015 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
  • Grand Street (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Community Band (Brian Worsdale, conductor) - 21 March 2015
  • Austin Peay State University Symphonic Band (John Schnettler, conductor) - 28 February 2012


Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

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