Sea of Umbrellas

Olin Hannum

Subtitle: An Elegy for Wind Ensemble

General Info

Year: 2021
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: V-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Olin Hannum
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
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
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bell Tree
Crash Cymbals
Crotales
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Tam-tam
Tom Drum
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wood Block (high)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Olin Hannum's Sea of Umbrellas was written in response to the Umbrella Movement during the 2014 Hong Kong Democratic Protests.

- Program Note from Oregon State University Wind Ensemble concert program, 8 March 2022

The Umbrella Movement was a political movement that emerged during the Hong Kong democracy protests of 2014. Its name arose from the use of umbrellas as a tool for passive resistance to the Hong Kong Police's use of pepper spray to disperse the crowd during a 79-day occupation of the city demanding more transparent elections, which was sparked by the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPCSC) of 31 August 2014 that prescribed a selective pre-screening of candidates for the 2017 election of Hong Kong's chief executive.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Oregon State University (Corvallis) Wind Ensemble (Erik Kar Jun Leung, conductor) - 8 March 2022 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Resources

Olin Hannum website - Accessed 8 March 2022
Umbrella Movement. Wikipedia Accessed 8 March 2022