Plaza Park Escapades
General Info
Year: 1994
Duration: c. 2:25
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00; (digital) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Siren
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Lovingly dedicated to the Birch Bay Band Muic Workshop, Plaza Park Escapades is a tongue-in-cheek adventure in sound for the young band. The satirical first section, with its trombone smears and "wrong" notes, provides experience in accidentals and alternative sounds. The allegro section is lively and full of fun, with the siren adding a zany effect. A gradual accelerando from moderato to allegro leads this work to its ultimate finish.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Lincoln Middle School (Santa Monica, Calif.) Wind Symphony (Salvador Muñoz, conductor) - 22 February 2020 (2020 CASMEC Conference, Fresno)
- Florida All-State Middle School Honors Band (Tampa) (Calista Zebley, conductor) – 11 January 2020
- Nashville Metro Middle School Honors Band Wind Ensemble – 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 1812 Overture (as arranger) (1880/1997)
- Ave Verum Corpus (as arranger) (1791/2006)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger, with Althouse) (1861/1997)
- Barber of Seville, The (as arranger)
- Beethoven's Fifth Christmas
- Capriccio Espagnol (as arranger) (1887/1993)
- Cardiff Castle (2000)
- Cascade Festival Overture (1994)
- Cedar Canyon Roundup (2002)
- Celebration Fanfare (1998)
- Colonel Bogey (as arranger) (1914/2001)
- Elizabethan Dance (2008)
- Fantasy on "Yankee Doodle" (1995)
- Finale from Symphony No. 1 (as arranger) (1862-76/2008)
- Finale from Symphony No. 2 (as arranger) (1872/1880/2002)
- Friday Harbor (2001)
- Grant County Celebration (1991)
- Greenwillow Portrait (1988)
- Hawkeye Festival Overture (2006)
- Highbridge Excursions (1995)
- Highland Park Overture (1991)
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (as arranger) (1853/2001)
- Korean Hill Song (2000)
- Largo from "New World Symphony" (as arranger) (1893/2007)
- The Last Rose of Summer (as arranger) (1813/2006)
- Mallet Maniacs (2003)
- March to the Big Top (1995)
- Nessun Dorma (as arranger) (1926/2000)
- Night in the Tropics (as arranger) (1859/2001)
- Night on Bald Mountain (as arranger) (1867/1991)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem (as arranger) (2007)
- Plaza de Toros (1997)
- Plaza Park Escapades (1994)
- Primordium (1999)
- Riverside Rag (1988)
- Russian Sailors' Dance (as arranger) (1927/1998)
- Santa at the Symphony (as arranger) (1990)
- Santa Meets Sousa (1992)
- Scenes of Wonder (1994)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/1998)
- Southgate Fantasy (1995)
- Tunbridge Meadows (1992)
- Twenty Carols in 2 Minutes (as arranger) (1998)
- Two Classic Miniatures (as arranger) (1991)
- Variants on a Nautical Hymn (1993)
- A Winter's Carol (as arranger) (1996)
- Zuni Legend (1993)
Resources
- "Mark Williams." Alfred Music. Web. Accessed 10 September 2021
- Williams, M. (1994). Plaza Park Escapades [score]. Alfred Music Pub.: Van Nuys, Calif.