Overture to a Winter Celebration

James Stephenson

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00; (digital) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
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-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Crotales
Finger Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tenor Drum
Tom-Tom
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Christmas joy will fill the air when your band plays this expertly scored holiday medley. A bright opening fanfare leads to a contrapuntal setting of Il est Ne, le Divin Enfant. A crisp lower-register flute soli begins a sharp version of Pat-a-Pan. The medley concludes with a festive interpretation of Good King Wenceslas.

- Program Note from publisher

Concert band arrangement of original Holiday Fanfare commissioned by the USAF Band of Liberty, Captain David A. Alpar, Commander and Conductor.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Cascadia Wind Ensemble (Abbotsford, B.C., Can.) (Shannon Goldsmith, conductor) - 18 December 2022 (concert planned but cancelled)
Ohlone Community Band (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 7 December 2019
Phoenix (N.Y.) Community Band (David Frateschi, conductor) – 18 December 2017
Hickman High School (Columbia, Mo.) Wind Ensemble – 8 December 2016
Parkland College (Champaign, Ill.) Concert Band (Larry Stoner, conductor) - 6 December 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)

All Wind Works

American Embers (2017)
American Fanfare (2009)
as the fireflies watched (2020)
August in York (2008)
BasSOON It will be Christmas (2007/2013)
Celebration Overture (1999/2018)
Chorale in Blue (2018)
Christmas Charleston (as arranger) (2012)
Code of Conduct (2023)
Concerto Braziliano
Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
Concerto for Cell Phone
Concerto for Hope (2016/2017)
Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet (2016)
Concerto for Winds (2023)
Concerto Grosso (2016)
Concerto No 1 for Trumpet (2007)
Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet (2010)
Concerto No. 3 for Trumpet. See: Concerto for Hope
Deep Dish (2016)
The Devil's Tale (2013)
A Dialogue for Self and Soul (2013)
Dodecafecta (2010)
Duels and Dances (2011)
Duo Fantastique (2007)
Exhale! (2021)
Eyes on the Bison (2021)
Fanfare for an Angel (2010/2018)
Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
Fanfare for Democracy (2021)
Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
...Forward (2021)
Glissin' Up (2016)
Hanging by a Thread (2014)
Heritage of Freedom Fanfare
Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Holiday Fanfare Medley (2010)
Homage and Farewell (2010)
In the Moment (2018)
In the Moment Too (2018)
Intrepid Promise
It's About Time (2014)
Just B. See: Symphony for Brass
Kentucky Run (2019)
Kleiner Walzer (as transcriber) (1896/2022)
L'esprit de la trompette (2012/2014)
Lonesome Valley Folk Suite (2022)
Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
Luther: In Canon (2017)
May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
Möbius Trip (2017)
No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
Octet (2021)
Overture to a Winter Celebration (2010)
Perpetual Notion (2020)
Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
Requiem Dances (2018)
Rhythms of the Spirit (2006)
Saints Fantasy (2017)
Scram! (2018)
Second Thoughts (2014)
Smitty's Aweigh Overture
Sonata Rhapsody "The Arch" (2009/2014)
Sounds Awakened (2013)
Stars and Stripes Fanfare (2007/2018)
The Storyteller (2013/2017)
Sunburst Fanfare (2023)
Symphony for Brass (2014)
- Just B (2020)
Symphony No 1 for Concert Band (2008)
Symphony No 2 (2016)
Taps (2017)
there are no words (2015)
this is most certainly true (2017)
Three Bones Concerto (2013)
To the Sky (2011)
2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
Twisted Shout (2021)
Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)
Unfettered (2020)
Variations on Chinese Folk Songs (2006)
Vast and Curious (2014/2017)
Walk Slowly (arr. M. Stephenson) (1997/2009/2020)
Wildcat Run (2019)
Wooden Dimes (2021/2022)
Zodiac Concerto II (2022)

Resources

James Stephenson Music Accessed 22 June 2021
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