Overture to a Small Town
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 7:45
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts - $50.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes/Crotales
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Overture to a Small Town is an homage to all the small towns and communities that make up the heart of America. Specifically, this work is dedicated to the town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, which endured a terrible church shooting in November 2017.
- Program Note by composer
The Sutherland Springs church shooting occurred on November 5, 2017, when Devin Patrick Kelley of New Braunfels, Texas, fatally shot 26 people and wounded 20 others during a mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The attack was the deadliest mass shooting in Texas and the fifth-deadliest mass shooting in the United States. It was the deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history, surpassing the Charleston church shooting of 2015 and the Waddell Buddhist temple shooting of 1991.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- George Mason University (Fairfax, Va.) Wind Ensemble (Mark Camphouse, conductor) - 2017 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Darkest Hour (2015)
- For a Lady (2020)
- Giggles (2014)
- Overture to a Small Town (2017)
Resources
- Cooper Minnis, personal correspondence, June 2020
- Sutherland Springs church shooting, Wikipedia Accessed 17 June 2020