Midwestern Suite, A

From Wind Repertory Project
Tom Davoren

Tom Davoren


General Info

Year: 2020
Duration: c. 8:10
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Tom Davoren
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) – $175.00


Movements

1. Prairie – 2:15
2. Storm – 1:20
3. Sunset – 4:05


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet (optional)
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 (II optional)
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Chimes
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-tam
  • Tom-toms
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

A Midwestern Suite was commissioned in 2020 by a consortium of 16 universities and high schools from the Midwestern states of the USA and provinces of Canada. In three separate movements, Prairie, Storm and Sunset, the suite seeks to represent in music aspects of the Midwest noted for their respective grandeur and beauty. The thematic material of each movement is based on the classic western folk song Home on the Range, and a number of popular midwestern tunes are hidden through the work in an incidental manner.

A Midwestern Suite was awarded the National Band Association Merrill Jones Composition Prize in 2020.

- Program Note from VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band concert program, 17 December 2021


Awards

  • Merrill Jones Composition Award, 2020, winner


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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond) Concert Band (Rebekah Daniel, conductor) - 14 November 2023
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Penn.) Symphony Band (Zach Cheever, conductor) - 8 October 2023
  • University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Mb., Can.) Concert Band (Jacquie Dawson, conductor) - 14 October 2022
  • Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 9 October 2022
  • VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Paul W. Popiel, conductor) - 17 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
  • Carroll University (Waukesha, Wisc.) Wind Ensemble (Darrell Brown, conductor) - 23 April 2021
  • University of Kansas (Lawrence) Wind Ensemble (Paul W. Popiel, conductor) - 25 February 2021 (Kansas Music Educators Association Conference)
  • Winterset (Iowa) High School Wind Ensemble (Lucas H. Petersen, conductor) - 25 February 2021 *Consortium Premiere*
  • University of Kansas (Lawrence) Wind Ensemble (Paul W. Popiel, conductor) - 20 November 2020 *Premiere Performance*


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