Sawdust City Celebration

Michael Sweeney

Michael Sweeney

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General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 5:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00   |   Score Only - $150.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Cornets I-II
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II
Mallet Percussion I-II

(percussion detail needed)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by the Oshkosh (nickname “Sawdust City”) Area Community Band for their 25th anniversary, Sawdust City Celebration presents varied and creative settings of early American folk tunes commonly heard during Wisconsin's pioneer days. With styles ranging from dramatic and powerful to lighthearted and lyrical, this is a rich-sounding and impressive work for the concert stage.

- Program Note by publisher

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, during the 1800s was known as Sawdust City because it was a center for the lumber industry and construction market. This inviting work begins slowly with brief solos for flute, trumpet, baritone and clarinet, and leads to a presentation of three early American folk songs from Wisconsin's pioneer days. The first folk song, The Tomahawk Hem, features solo piccolo and snare drum in the early measures. The horn section introduces the next folk song, The Pinery Boy, which ends with a traditional oboe solo. The concluding march-like folk song, The Shanty-Boy on the Big Eau Claire, initially features a trumpet trio (either soloists or section) and percussion. A brief coda combines the various melodies at create a stimulating finales. At the easier end of the grade level, this interesting new work offers many rehearsal challenges and rewards for developing high school musicians.

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist, June/July 2013, p. 37-38.

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Audio Links

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Oshkosh Area Community Band (Michael Sweeney, conductor) - 2012 (premiere performance)

Works for Winds by this Composer

• American Salute, An (1989)
• Ancient Voices (1994)
• Blue Mambo (2017)
• Celtic Air and Dance (2007)
• Celtic Air and Dance No. 3 (2011)
• Christmas Time Is Here (as arranger)
• Crossings in Time (2006)
• Dansbury Run (2013)
• Dialogues (2003)
• Down by the Salley Gardens (as arranger) (2006)
• Down to the River (as arranger) (2019)
• Earthdance (2010)
• First Suite in E-flat Themes (as arranger) (2006)
• Fractures in Time (2017)
• Great Movie Adventures (as arranger) (2006)
• Horkstow Grange from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as arranger)
• Hymn to the Fallen (as arranger) (1998/2000)
• John Williams: Movie Adventures (as arranger) (1977/1999)
• Lament and Tribal Dances (2001)
• Last Full Measure (2013)
• Lisbon from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as adapter) (1937/2017)
• Lost Lady Found (as arranger) (1937/2011)
• Marches of the Armed Forces (as arranger) (1991)
• Memory (as arranger)
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (as arranger)
• Monmouth Overture (1999)
• Music from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (as arranger) (1977/2016)
• Northland Pines (2013)
• On Joyful Wing (2018)
• On the Wings of Swallows (2000)
• Pirates of the Caribbean (as arranger) (2006)
• Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (as arranger) (2010)
• Prelude and Pursuit (2013)
• Quad City Stomp (2008)
• River of the Ancients (2004)
• Root Beer Rag (as arranger) (1974/1981)
• Rumble on the High Plains (2005)
• Salute to the Duke
• Sawdust City Celebration (2012)
• Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (as arranger) (1967/2007)
• Sleepsong (as arranger) (2019)
• Stardance
• Suite from "MASS" (as arranger)
• Swamp Rabbit Stomp (2016)
• Themes from "New World Symphony" (as arranger) (1893)
• To Soar with Eagles (2013)
• Troy! (2009)
• Villages (2014)
• When the Sun Breaks Through the Mist (2006)
• The Willow Tree (as arranger) (1995/2018)
• Year of the Dragon (Sweeney) (2000)
• Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (as arranger) (2006)

References

None discovered thus far.