Schoolyard Symphony

From Wind Repertory Project
Richard Ross Hembree

Richard Ross Hembree


General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Gary P. Gilroy Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $59.00; (digital) - $59.00   |   Score Only (print) - $20.00


Movements

1. Out into the Sunny Day
2. March of the Kindergarteners
3. Sitting in a Tree
4. On the Blacktop
5. Here Comes the Bully


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

  • Whistle
  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Claves
  • Cowbell
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Finger Cymbals
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tambourine
  • Temple Blocks
  • Triangle
  • Vibra-slap
  • Wood Block


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Schoolyard Symphony was written in 2012 for Grade 2 concert band. The piece, which begins, and ends, with a school bell solo, depicts a lively playground during which "recess" is taking place. Included in this short symphony are the March of the Kindergarteners, a playful rendition of Sitting in a Tree, a sweetheart's merry-go-round, a loner, a sixth-grade bully, and even a heroic champion who saves the day, all in the twenty-minute span of a recess session!

- Program Note by composer


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