Smiley Rag
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- E-flat Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
Part 2
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Horn in F
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
Part 4
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Bassoon
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Part 5
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Bassoon
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
Timpani
Percussion
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Hi-Hat
- Splash Cymbal
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
- Marimba
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This is one of three pieces commissioned for the 55th anniversary of the Ishikawa Prefectural Band Association: 1. Celemonial march (Fanfare and Celebration March); 2. Elegiac piece in minor key (Elegy); 3. Pops.
The style of each piece was a request of the commission, as well as having a flexible organization that allows a small number of people to play combining various instruments. Even for "pops style" music, special study and skills could be required. Therefore, (3) Smiley Rag was composed as a simple, fun ragtime anyone can easily play. The amount of percussion used in the other two pieces was also intentionally limited, but here there are parts for wood block and splash cymbal supporting the xylophone and marimba solos. In addition to the xylophone and marimba, other keyboard percussion instruments may be added.
In addition, with respect to the 55th anniversary of the Ishikawa Prefectural Band Association, I inconspicuously quoted the motif for Songs of Ishikawa Citizens.
- Program note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording (large instrumentation). Ishikawa Prefecture High School Honor Band (Yo Goto, conductor)
- Audio: Reference recording (smaller instrumentation). Kanazawa Municipal Technical High School Symphonic Band (Akihiko Taniuchi, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Cass Middle School (Cartersville, Ga.) Honor Band (Abigail Russom, conductor) – 29 February 2024 (CBDNA 2024 Southern Division Conference, Memphis, Tenn.)
- Walsh Middle School (Round Rock, Tx.) Honor Band (Jennifer Bergeron, conductor) - 17 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
- Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
- A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
- Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
All Wind Works
- Aggression (2005)
- Clalitas (1989)
- Dancing in Air (2004)
- Dancing in Rain (2009)
- Eine Nachtmusik fur Erlkonig (2014)
- Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Encore! (2013)
- Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Fantasma Lunare (2008)
- Fantasies on Frère Jacques (2010)
- Fantasy on "Madama Butterfly" (as arranger)(2000)
- A Festival Suite (2003)
- Fêtes Lointains (2009)
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
- Funiculi Funicula Rhapsody (as arranger) (2000)
- Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
- Howl's Moving Castle (as arranger) (2004/2010)
- Impromptu (1976)
- Journey of Exploration (2008)
- Lachrymae (2005)
- A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Lux Aeterna (1998/2000)
- Marche Hongroise (as arranger) (1820/1846/1986)
- My Neighbor Totoro (as arranger) (1988/2008)
- The Nutcracker Fantasy (as adapter) (1891/2004)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (2012)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- A Poetry of Breeze (1991)
- Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (as arranger) (2008)
- A Prelude to the Shining Day (2010)
- Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
- Ruffles Call from Afar (2015)
- Shadow Song (2016)
- Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Songs for Wind Ensemble (2010)
- A Srping Breeze Passes Through a Plain (1999)
- Star Fantasy (2014)
- Studio Ghibli's Anime March Medley (as arranger) (2013)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (as arranger) (1705/2014)
- Turandot (as arranger) (2007)
- The Vein of Water (2008)
- A Wild Rose Above (2014)
- WINGS (1998)
Resources
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- "Smiley Rag ". (in Japanese) Brain Music Website. Accessed 4 January 2023
- "Smiley Rag". Bravo Music Website. Accessed 4 January 2023