Journey to Illyria

Sean O'Loughlin

Sean O'Loughlin

General Info

Year: 2018
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00; (digital) - $50.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe (optional Flute II)
English Horn
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Alternate Horn Horn in F
Alternate Trombone
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Tam-Tam
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Illyria is a region in southern Europe, and the name has been used in books and music throughout history, including Shakespearean plays. Composer Sean O'Loughlin takes beginning students on a musical journey, starting with broad melodic statements by the brass, bold full ensemble statements, a contrasting lyrical section, and concluding with a relentless finish. Journey to Illyria is a sophisticated musical presentation that is playable by the youngest of students.

Elementary bands will welcome this imaginative processional that's easy to learn and most impressive. The full ensemble is fully involved at the start and finish with a welcome change in texture occurring in the middle. The bold wind melodies are complemented by emphatic percussion that supports and adds to the bold and regal sound.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class D

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Achilles' Wrath (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2013)
• Amazing Grace (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2014)
• Exhale (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2021)
• Hidden Wonders (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Ides of March (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2015)
• Visigoths (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012)
• Waltz of the Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

• Achilles' Wrath (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2013)
• Amazing Grace (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2014)
• Ancient Hunters (2004)
• Ancient Irish Hymn (as arranger) (2006)
• Arrival at Normandy (2005)
• Azimuth (2017)
• Back to the Future (as arranger)
• Battlefront (2017)
• The Best of INXS (as arranger) (2016)
• Beyond the Crest (2018)
• The Blessing (as arranger) (2010)
• Burst (2008)
• Canyon Winds (2004)
• Carol of the Bells (as arranger)
• Christmas Sketches (as arranger) (2000)
• Commence! (2018)
• Convergence (2017/2019)
• Convergence (Trumpet sextet) (2017)
• Counting Stars (as arranger) (2015)
• Daedalus' Labyrinth (2014)
• Dawn of the Spartans (2017)
• Dominion (2013)
• Doppler Effect (2014)
• Eclipsys (2003)
• Edge of Destiny (2016)
• Elation (2013)
• Emblazon (2011)
• Embolden (2018)
• Enchanted Village (2007)
• Exhale (2018)
• Exhale (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2021)
• Fairytale of New York (as arranger) (2015)
• Fortitude (2009)
• A Gleeful Christmas (as arranger) (2012)
• Hawaii Five-O Theme (as arranger) (2011)
• The Heart's Cry (as arranger) (2014)
• Hidden Wonders (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Hidden World (2013)
• Highlights from "Brave" (as arranger) (2012)
• Highlights from "Frozen" (as arranger) (2013)
• Highlights from "Mary Poppins" (as arranger) (1963/2011)
• Holiday Ornaments (as arranger) (2003)
• Holiday Portraits (as arranger) (2010)
• How to Train Your Dragon (as arranger) (2010)
• Huron Trail (2009)
• The Ides of March (2013)
• The Ides of March (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2015)
• I'm Shipping Up to Boston (as arranger) (2004/2012)
• Imani (2001)
• Impact (2008)
• Incursion (2018)
• Intensity (2005)
• Into the Mist (2002)
• Irish Vision (as arranger) (2002)
• Ironclad (2011)
• Jam! (2010)
• Journey to Illyria (2018)
• Joy to the Season (2013)
• Jubilant Holiday (2005)
• Lady Gaga in Concert (as arranger) (2017)
• Legacy (2012)
• The Lost Tomb (2010)
• Lost in Space (as arranger) (1993)
• The Ludlows (2011)
• Magellan (2015)
• Mammoth (2014)
• Mary Poppins (as arranger) (2011)
• Metal! (as arranger) (2014)
• Mighty Mite (as arranger) (1951/2003/2013)
• Monuments (2002)
• Moonlit Skies (2020)
• Mountains of Mohon (2008)
• Mystic Portal (2010)
• Mythos (2012)
• Not So Silent Night (as arranger) (2007)
• Omicron (2013)
• Oscillation (2011)
• Osmosis (2015)
• Overlords (2006)
• Passacaglia Variants (2019)
• The Past is Always Present (2017)
• Path of Destiny (2009)
• Path to Victory (2012)
• Phantasm (2016)
• Poker Face (as arranger) (2011)
• Primal (2016)
• Promised Land (2010)
• Prophesy (2004)
• Pulse Pounding (2014)
• Redhawk (2008)
• Relics of the Past (2011)
• Resolution (2004)
• Ricochet (2009)
• Ruminations (2008)
• Santa's Toy March (as arranger) (2011)
• Silent Night (as arranger) (2014)
• Skyburst (2014)
• Soaring (2013)
• Sonic Fusion (2002)
• Spectral Landscapes (2006)
• Spirals of Light (2007)
• Spirit of the Sea (2004)
• The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2017)
• Strength and Honor (2020)
• Strong of Heart (2019)
• Stronghold (2015)
• Supremacy (2009)
• Temblor (2017)
• Terminus (2020)
• Theme from "Lost in Space" (as arranger) (1965/1993)
• Thrive (2015)
• Thunderbound (2019)
• Thunderstruck (2015)
• Traditions (2016)
• Tribal Quest (2003)
• Turning Point (2012)
• The Twelve Days of Christmas (as arranger) (1999)
• Twinkle Little Christmas Star (as arranger) (2016)
• Unbound (2012)
• Unforgotten Friends (2006)
• Urban Invasion (2007)
• Venture (2012)
• Vigor (2003)
• Visigoths (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012)
• Waltz of the Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Waves of the Revolution (2005)
• Wigan Warriors (2006)
• Winds Along the Whippany (2010)
• Zig Zag (2019)

Resources

• "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 74/2 (September 2019), p. 25-26.
• Perusal score
• Sean O'Loghlin website Accessed 31 August 2019