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Scamp
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 8:50
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Rental | Score Only (print) - $40.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV-V-VI
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Claves
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal (3: large, medium, small)
- Tambourine (mounted and free)
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle (small)
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
According to the composer, the title Scamp is a nod to its mischievous character. After the roguish wink of its opening bars, a bright and rollicking scherzo of sorts takes hold. Throughout the piece, the music makes several attempts at a serious turn, morphing into more lyrical passages. A quasi hymn-tune emerges multiple times, trying in vain to calm the skittering arguments between the choirs of winds, but the efforts are repeatedly foiled. The interruptions continue until the scamp at the heart of the piece finally wins the battle once and for all and dashes for the end with one final, incorrigible poke at the ribs.
Commissioned by "The President's Own" United States Marine Band, Col. Michael J. Colburn, director.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Mason St. Pierre, conductor) - 24 February 2024
- University of Maryland (College Park) Wind Ensemble (Andrea Brown, conductor) - 14 March 2022
- University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Wind Ensemble (Cynthia Johnson Turner, conductor) – 15 November 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
Resources
- Composer's website at Theodore Presser
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 506.
- Melinda Wagner website Accessed 3 April 2021
- Wagner, M. (2009). Scamp: For Wind Ensemble [score]. Theodore Presser: King of Prussia, Penn.