Niagara Falls (Sims)
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: III -1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00; (digital) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
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
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
With flowing melodic lines and rich harmonic textures throughout, this work depicts a beautiful journey down the Niagara River. As the river gains strength, the music gradually builds in intensity until it gives way to the awe-inspiring view of Niagara Falls.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Champions Rising (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Energy! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- An Ancient World (2023)
- Beyond Reach (2021)
- A Builder's Dream (2021)
- Champions Rising (2020)
- Champions Rising (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Contraption (2018)
- Dance of the Shadows (2023)
- Energy! (2020)
- Energy! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Escape! (2023)
- Evergreen Escapades (2022)
- Force Field (2019)
- Forgotten Tales of the West (2019)
- The Grid (2021)
- Haven (2022)
- Incandescence
- Moonlight Bliss (2022)
- Niagara Falls (2019)
- Orbital (2023)
- Tectonic Plates (2020)
- Trombone Quartet No. 1 (2021)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 477.
- Perusal score
- Adrian B. Sims website Accessed 18 March 2021