Overture for Band (Heins)

John Heins

General Info

Year: 1988
Duration: c. 4:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A Kjos
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00 | Score Only - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Overture For Band was written to provide audiences with an exciting concert opener featuring contemporary harmonies and rhythmic interest for each section of the band. Driving rhythms in the brass and flourishing passages in the winds appear throughout the composition. After a bold fanfare opening, the first theme is stated by horns in unison. Lyrical solos are presented for flute, oboe and clarinet throughout the middle section. The work concludes with the return of the opening theme followed by a short, energetic coda.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Georgia: VI
Iowa: VI
Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
Louisiana: V
New York: Concert Band VI
North Carolina: VI
Oklahoma: V-A
South Carolina: VI
Virginia: VI

Performances

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University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Symphonic Band (Randall O. Coleman, conductor) – 15 April 2019
Peninsula Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Ted Henderson, conductor) – 19 November 2017
California State University, Fresno, Wind Orchestra (Dale Engstrom, conductor) - 22 March 2014 (2014 Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Clarasm for Clarinet Section and Band (1985)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2002)
Concerto for Clarinet and Band (1984)
Essay for Band (1986)
Flight of Icarus, The (1995)
Metropolitan Fanfare (2010)
Overture for Band (Heins) (1984)
Rhapsody for Piano and Wind Ensemble (1985)
Second Essay (2003)
Sons of McChord Field March (1988)
Treasure State Festival Overture (1989)

Resources

Heins, J. (1988). Overture for Band [score]. Kjos Music: San Diego.