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Overture for Band (Heins)
Contents
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
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb 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 by publisher
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Audio Links
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
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- 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)
References
- Heins, J. (1988). Overture for Band [score]. Kjos Music: San Diego.