Rising Waters
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 1:45
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: RWS Music, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II (II optional)
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-tom
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The rain won't stop, the water is rising and time is running out! This creative selection perfectly captures the feeling of urgency through energetic rhythmic interplay and underlying active percussion. Written for beginning band using only the first six notes, this dramatic music has plenty to teach young musicians while keeping everyone on the edge of their seats!
- Program Note from publisher
I wrote the piece in the winter of 2015 in the middle of one of what has turned out to be multiple "1000-year flood" events in the St. Louis region, undoubtedly as the result of our changing climate. As I was writing what would become one of the main themes, I noticed water coming through the baseboard in my basement office. It turns out that our sump pump had stopped working after days of rain. Fortunately, I was able to get it fixed in time, but the title stuck. The publisher shied away from the climate change aspect of the piece, but that's what it refers to!!
- Program Note by composer
For Melissa Ann White and the Emge Junior High School Band.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA JH/MS/ELEM/ BAND GROUP V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Abide with Me / Perchance to Dream (2022)
- Argestes (2017)
- Black Sea Journey (2017)
- City of Troy March (2016)
- Contrails (2014)
- Hymn for the Steadfast (2016)
- Level Up! (2015)
- MId-America March (2015)
- On Silver Wings (2016)
- Perchance to Dream. See: Abide with Me / Perchance to Dream
- Rising Waters (2016)
- Rock Island Bridge March (2015)
- Variations on a Russian Hymn (2014)
Resources
- Mark J. Connor website Accessed 24 June 2020
- Perusal score