Mini-Suite for Band
General Info
Year: 1968
Duration: c. 5:05
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Cost: Score & Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $7.50
Movements
1. Birthday March - 1:40
2. A Tender Waltz - 2:15
3. Bell Carol - 0:55
Instrumentation
Full Score
Condensed Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Finger Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Chimes
- Triangle
Errata
- Tenor Saxophone, m. 29: The second eighth note should be a D instead of C on the part. The score is correct.
Program Notes
These pieces are intended for the young player, the older player who still remembers being young, and the old player who would like to feel young again. They are adaptations from a series of piano pieces I wrote for my daughters Abby and Deborah on each of their birthdays during their pre-teen years. I thought some of these appropriate for the band medium, and selected Birthday March, A Tender Waltz, and Bell Carol to form this Mini-Suite. They are obviously purposefully simple in construction and texture, but hopefully will stimulate the young player and please the listener regardless of his age.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
- Florida: III
- Iowa: II
- Texas: II. Complete
Performances
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- University of Louisville (Ky.) Concert Band (Katelyn Balszynski, conductor) - 19 February 2024
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Gold Campus Band (Seth Davis, conductor) - 20 October 2022
- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Michael Rucker, Jr., conductor) - 3 March 2021
- Indiana University (Bloomington) All-Campus Band (Benjamin Alaniz, conductor) - 10 December 2019
- Illinois State University (Normal) University Band (Marykatheryne E. Kuhne, conductor) – 25 April 2019
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University University Band (Trey Harris, conductor) – 25 February 2019
- Truman University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Sara Wilson, conductor) – 7 March 2018
- University of Louisville Concert Band (Jason Cumberledge, conductor) - 21 February 2017
- Roseau Varsity Band, Roseau, Minnesota (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - March 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Amber Waves. See: American Ballads
- American Ballads (1976)
- Star-Spangled Overture (tr. Ripley) (1976)
- Amber Waves (tr. Ripley) (1976)
- Jubilo (tr. Ripley) (1976)
- Memorials — on “Taps”
- Saratoga Quickstep — on “The Girl I Left Behind”
- Hymnal — on “We Shall Overcome”
- American Patrol (Gould)
- American Salute (tr. Lang) (1943/1971)
- American Salute (arr. Wagner) (1943/2009)
- American Symphonette No. 2 (1939)
- American Youth March
- Ballad for Band (1946)
- Café Rio (1957)
- Centennial Symphony, Gala for Band (1983)
- Cheers! — A Celebration March (1979)
- Cinerama Holiday (1955)
- Cinerama March from “Cinerama Holiday” (concert band)
- On the Boulevard from “Cinerama Holiday”
- Skier’s Waltz (arr. Cacavas) (1955/1957)
- Souvenirs of Paris from “Cinerama Holiday”
- Concertette for Viola and Band (1943)
- Cowboy Rhapsody (arr. Bennett)
- Derivations for Solo Clarinet and Band (1955)
- The Deserted Ballroom (tr. Bennett) (1938)
- Dramatic Fanfares (arr. Brunelli) (1964/1967)
- Family Album Suite
- Fanfare for Freedom (1943)
- The First Noel (as arranger) (1949)
- Folk Suite (arr. Lang) (1959)
- Overture from "Folk Suite" (arr. Lang.) (1955/1959)
- Four Latin American Symphonette (arr. Koekelkoren) (1942/1998)
- Fourth of July (1947)
- Fourth of July (arr. Rogers) (1947/2023)
- Global Greetings(1994)
- Holiday Music (1947)
- Holocaust Suite (arr. Gould) (1978/1980)
- Jericho Rhapsody (1941)
- Jingle Bells (as arranger) (1857/1952)
- Jubilo. See: America Ballads, Jubilo - on "Year of Jubilo"
- Latin American Symphonette (arr. Koekelkoren) (1942/1998)
- March of the Leathernecks (arr. Lang) (1943/1944)
- Memorials. See: American Ballads, Memorials — on “Taps”
- Mini-Suite for Band (1968)
- Old Romance
- Overture from “Folk Suite”
- Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (as arranger; trans. Patterson)
- Pavanne (1938)
- Prisms (1962)
- Prologue, from CBS-TV series “World War I”
- Red Cavalry March (tr. Lang) (1943)
- Remembrance Day (Soliloquy for a Passing Century) (1995)
- Revolutionary Prelude, from CBS-TV documentary “World War I”
- Saint Lawrence Suite (1958)
- Santa Fe Saga (1956)
- Saratoga Quickstep. See: American Ballads, Saratoga Quickstep — on “The Girl I Left Behind”
- Sarajevo Suite (1964)
- Serenade of Carols (tr. Gould) (1949)
- Serenade of Carols (tr. Patterson) (1949/2009)
- Skier's Waltz. See: Cinerama Holiday Skier’s Waltz
- Soft Shoe Serenade from “Hoofer Suite” (1956)
- Star-Spangled Overture. See: American Ballads, Star-Spangled Overture - on "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- Symphonette No. 2 (1938)
- Movement I from “Symphonette No. 2”
- Pavanne from “Symphonette No. 2” (arr. Yoder) (1939)
- Symphony No. 4 (1952)
- Taps. See: American Ballads, Memorials — on “Taps”
- We Shall Overcome. See: American Ballads, Hymnal
- West Point Symphony. See: Symphony No. 4
- Windjammer (Highlights) (1958)
- Yankee Doodle (tr. Lang) (1945)
Resources
- Gould, M. (1968). Mini-Suite: For Concert Band [score]. G. Schirmer: [New York?].
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 197-203.