Night Dances (Yurko)
General Info
Year: 1994
Duration: c. 7:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Music Publishing Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III (I doubling Piccolo)
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
Timpani (2 players)
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (or Tam-tam)
- Tenor Drum
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
In Parts:
- Euphonium TC, m.129: Missing accidentals: Concert A-flats m.129-137; Concert D-flats m.137 onward.
Program Notes
Night Dances was composed for and dedicated to Mr. Allen Muccilli and the Dover Middle School Concert Band. Night Dances was commissioned through a grant provided by the Dover Board of Education of Dover, New Jersey. The premiere performance was on May 2, 1994, with the composer conducting.
The work was built on B-flat minor triads to teach middle school students twentieth-century musical techniques.
- Program Note by Bruce Yurko
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) North Star Campus Band (Lauren Visel, conductor) - 27 February 2023
- Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Symphonic Band (Jim Lloyd, conductor) – 12 March 2020
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Clinic Honor Band I (Amy M. Knopps, conductor) – 2 February 2020
- College of New Jersey (Ewing Township) Blue Wind Ensemble (Eric Laprade, conductor) – 4 December 2019
- Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Concert Band (Ryan S. Smith, conductor) – 3 December 2018
- Patrick Henry High School (Roanoke, Va.) Symphonic Band (Alexander Schmitt, conductor) - 26 April 2018
- Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, VA) Concert Band (Brian T. Harris, conductor) - 22 February 2018
- University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Symphonic Band (Eric M. Laprade, conductor) – 5 December 2017
- Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) Concert Band (Joseph Higgins, conductor) – 19 October 2017
- Itliong-Vera Cruz Middle School (Union City, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Nelson Agregado, conductor) - 17 February 2017 (2017 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
- University of Michigan Campus and University Band (Andrea Brown, conductor) - 12 April 2015
- UGA-JanFest Clinic Honor Band (Nikk Pilato, conductor) - 18 January 2009
Works for Winds by This Composer
- After Sunset
- Ankrovag Fanfare, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Chant and Toccata
- Concerto no. 2 for Bassoon and Wind Orchestra
- Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble
- Concerto for Horn
- Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble (2014)
- Danza No 2 (2008)
- Danza No 3
- DF-XXXVII Fanfare (2018)
- emc-x
- In Memoriam: Dean Witten (2019)
- In Memoriam: Karel Husa (2018)
- In Memoriam: Kristina (1997/2002)
- Intrada for Wind Ensemble (2002)
- Medieval Variations
- Metamorphosis (2019)
- Night Dances (1994)
- Night Dances No 2 (2013)
- Pastoral Nocturne (1996)
- Red Tail Skirmish (2012)
- Scenes for Wind Ensemble (2015)
- Sinfonietta
- Stained Glass Windows (2013)
- TMCC Fanfare (2022)
Resources
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 515-520.