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On the Merrimack
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: C. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts - $50.00 | Score Only - $6.00
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
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Brake Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Metal Drum
- Rainstick
- Sandpaper Blocks
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Vibra-slap
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
On the Merrimack came into existence largely due to the efforts of Chris Martin, a wonderful band director in Manchester, New Hampshire. Chris wanted to have a piece written to honor her native city. She began the process by taking me on a tour of the Manchester Historic Association’s Millyard Museum, teaching me about the widely varied periods in the history of Manchester. We discussed the piece at length, eventually coming to the realization that the one constant throughout the city’s history was the central importance of the Merrimack River. Initially the river was a source of sustenance for the Pennacook Indians. Later it became the source of power for the Amoskeag Mills, attracting immigrants of German, Irish, and French Canadian backgrounds to work and live in Manchester. Most recently, the river has become a source of recreation and entertainment, while the city has revitalized once again, this time using the old mill buildings as homes for companies focused on technology. Throughout each of these periods, the beauty and power of the Merrimack River has been ever-present.
The structure of On the Merrimack, therefore, attempts to represent these three periods, The Pennacook Indians, Amoskeag and the mills, and technology and growth, with connective sections representing the Merrimack River. Much of the melodic material for the piece is taken from the French Canadian folk song, Weaving in the United States.
On the Merrimack was commissioned by Chris Martin and the Manchester, New Hampshire, Southside Middle School Band (Matthew Hammond, director), and is dedicated to the city of Manchester, New Hampshire.
-Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Clovis (Calif.) North High School Wind Ensemble (David Lesser, conductor) - 20 March 2015 (2015 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Bullard High School (Fresno, Calif.) Concert Band (Bradly Feyma, conductor) - 20 March 2015 (2015 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Chowchilla (Calif.) High School Symphonic Band (Joseph Cargill, conductor) - March 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alchemy (2008/2013)
- All the Pretty Little Horses. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Ancient Runes (2017)
- Apples (2018)
- Branden's Rainbow (1997/2002)
- Bright Sunny Days (2013)
- By My Side (2018)
- Casus Belli (2018)
- Celebration In Brass (1995)
- Concerto for Percussion (as transcriber) (1994/1997)
- Conversations with the Night (1994)
- Dance, from All Hail the Power
- December Dance (2005)
- Diamond Jubilee Suite (2018)
- Distorted Images: A Jazzman's Nightmare (1989)
- A Fallen Leaf (2004)
- Fanfare: In Memoriam (2015)
- Fantasy on a Theme by Sousa (2003)
- Frenzy (2010)
- The Four Horsemen (1989)
- A Glimpse through the Trees (2014)
- Grant Them Eternal Rest (2003)
- Havener Fanfare (2012)
- Heirloom (2009)
- I Am (1990)
- John Henry (1990)
- Joyride (2003/2008)
- Kinetic Energy (1994)
- Kirkpatrick Fanfare (1999)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2006)
- Metamorphosis (2013)
- Old Ben's Farm (2016/2019)
- On the Merrimack (2010)
- Ovations (1995)
- Phoenix (2020)
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Relentless (2000)
- Scarborough Fair. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Scherzo (1995)
- Scherzo No 2 (2013)
- Shades of Ivory (1996)
- Simple Song (1995)
- Snowflakes Dancing (2012/2016)
- Song for Lyndsay (2005)
- Song for My Children (2013)
- Song for My Parents (2020)
- Song of Loudest Praise, A (2010)
- Song of the Sea Maidens (1994)
- Stamp, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Star-Crossed (2013)
- Symphony No. 1 for Winds and Percussion (1997)
- Symphony No. 3 (1999)
- Symphony No. 4 (2006)
- Symphony No. 6 (2012)
- Symphony No. 8 (2015-2016)
- Symphony No. 10 (2019)
- This Is the Drum (2013)
- Thoughts of You (1998)
- Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (2007/2012)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (2014)
- Scarborough Fair (as arranger) (2013)
- Time Streams (After Tricycle) (2011)
- To Break Earth's Sleep (2015)
- Tricycle (1997)
- Twilight of the Gods (2010)
- An Uncommon Man (1993)
- Unraveling (2006)
- Urban Scenes (1993)
- The Vikings (2015)
Resources
- Boysen, Jr., A. (2010). On the Merrimack [score]. Wingert-Jones Publications: Kansas City, Mo.