In Exuberant Celebration
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: IV-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: LudwigMasters
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
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-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bar Chimes
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Glockenspiel
- Rainstick
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Toms
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Throughout our human experience, we occasionally pause to commemorate the lives of people whom have reached significant biological milestones. Such is the case with Dr. Donald McGinnis, director of bands emeritus who was honored with a special 90th birthday celebration by The Ohio State University School of Music. At the request of the School of Music, composer Roger Cichy, an Ohio State University graduate, has created a short work written and dedicated to Don McGinnis for the OSU Wind Symphony titled In Exuberant Celebration as part of Don’s 90th birthday celebration.
In Exuberant Celebration is based on the three-note motive, A, F and B-flat, the same musical pitches Donald McGinnis used in a composition of his titled Symphony for Band. Cichy remembers playing Don’s work in high school (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) and can still remember how McGinnis used long tones of the three pitches before launching into the movement. In In Exuberant Celebration, Cichy expanded the motive by adding both C and E-flat, which crops up in the opening fanfare, therefore establishing a mixolydian tone to the piece. Additionally, since Don McGinnis was celebrating his 90th birthday, Cichy wrote the piece with 100 measures as an omen of good fortune for Don to reach his next biological milestone of 100.
- Program Note by composer
Dedicated to Don McGinnis.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Rhode Island College (Providence) Wind Ensemble (Robert Franzblau, conductor) – 12 March 2010 (CBDNA 2010 Eastern Division Conference, West Chester, Penn.)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Amazing Grace (as arranger) (1779/2014)
- American Band Salute (2009?)
- and make a joyous sound
- Breakthrough (1994/2000)
- Bugs (2000)
- Colours (1997)
- Divertimento for Winds and Percussion (1994)
- El Caballero (2000)
- Emblazoned Joy (2019/2021)
- Fanfare for a Festive Day (1996)
- Festival!
- First Flights
- Flowing Pens from Concord (2013)
- For Purple Mountain Majesties (2005)
- Galilean Moons (1996)
- Geometric Dances (2007)
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (as arranger) (2022)
- The Golden Baton March
- Hats Off (2016)
- In Exuberant Celebration (2009)
- Interpretations
- Maestro
- New Millennium, Different World, New Beginnings (2004)
- Pandemonium (2006)
- Quartets (2006/2012)
- Rachmaninoff Prelude (as arranger)
- Silhouette
- Sounds, Sketches, and Ideas (2002)
- T. Rex
- We Walked with Heads Held High (2006)
- Windsicle (2006)
- Wisconsin Soundscapes
- Wizards
Resources
- Cichy, R. (2009. In Exuberant Celebration [score]. LudwigMasters: Boca Raton, Fla.
- Perusal score
- Roger Cichy website – Accessed 26 August 2022