Pirates
General Info
Year: 1995
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Queenwood
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Cornets/B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Bell Tree
- Bells
- Chimes
- Sleigh Bells
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned by and dedicated to the Laing Middle School Band, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, Miller Asbill, conductor. Premiered at the 1995 Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic.
-Program Note from score.
Imagine a pirate ship at full sail. A rollicking adventure with swashbuckling pirates -- from finding their sea legs on board to plundering other ships to moments of quiet introspection -- provide the extramusical idea for this cleverly scored, contemporary composition.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- McCracken Middle School (Skokie, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Chip De Stefano, conductor) – 25 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 North Central Division Conference, Ames, Iowa)
- Menomonee Falls (Wisc.) High School Band (Michael Zens, conductor) - 18 October2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Albion (1994)
- An Angel Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
- Awaken to the Morning Light
- Canarios Fantasia (1999)
- Cheyenne Cañon (2005)
- Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (as arranger) (1995)
- Entry of the Nobles (2003)
- Ever More Distant (2007)
- A Farnaby Prelude (2000)
- Fire Dance (2001)
- Flourish & Festivity (2003)
- Joy Fantastique
- Mountainbrook March (2001)
- Mystic Battle
- Over Slope and Summit (2006)
- Overture Jubilate (2013)
- Overture on an American Folk Tune (1999)
- Peregrin (1994)
- Pirates (1995)
- A Praetorius Prelude (1997)
- Riders on the Wind (2004)
- Rocky Mountain Carnival (2003)
- Rhapsodie Noel (1997)
- The Sorcerer's Procession (2004)
- A Susato Prelude (1994)
- Tales of the Emerald Isle (2003)
- A Tallis Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
- Voyage Through the Night (2001)
- The Wayfarer's Journey (2010)
- Wild Dance (2011)
Resources
None discovered thus far.