Song for Lyndsay

Andrew Boysen, Jr.

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: LudwigMasters Publications, through Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00; (digital) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00; (digital) - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
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-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crotales (higher octave only; bow required)
Marimba (5.0 octaves)
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Song for Lyndsay was commissioned by Jack Stamp at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. It is an expansion on a short and unnamed piano piece that Boysen wrote for his wife, Lyndsay, in 2005.

The wind piece is larger in length and scope than the source material; in the score, Boysen describes it as “a very personal work ... more than anything else a simple love song dedicated to Lyndsay and what she has meant in my life.”

The piano piece is used as a starting point, and the material in the winds is either based on or a direct quotation of it. Lyrical in nature and just over five minutes long, solo horn and solo flute are prominent throughout; this scoring is deliberately and symbolically used because Boysen plays the horn and his wife the plays the flute.

- Program Note from publisher

Awards

Song for Lyndsay has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony (Brian Covey, conductor) - 2008

State Ratings

Kansas: IV
Texas: III. Complete

Performances

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Buchanan High School (Clovis, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Joey Neuenschwander, conductor) - 24 March 2023 (2023 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Symphonic Band (Matthew Brunner, conductor) - 22 April 2022
Westminster College (New Wilmington, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (R. Tad Greig, conductor) - 30 April 2021
East Tennessee State University (Johnson City) Wind Ensemble (Christian Zembower, conductor) – 3 March 2020
Valdosta (Ga.) State University Concert Band (Skye Holmes, conductor) – 18 February 2020
Kent State University (Ohio) All-Star Blue Band (Kate Ferguson, conductor) – 11 January 2020
Tremper High School (Kenosha, Wisc.) Symphonic Winds (Kathryn Ripley, conductor) – 14 May 2019
Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Symphonic Band (Alan Simpson, conductor) – 14 February 2019
Sacramento (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Tim Smith, conductor) – 9 December 2018
Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, Minn.) Wind Symphony (Andrew Boysen, Jr., conductor) – 11 November 2018
La Sierra University (Riverside, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Giovanni Santos, conductor) – 10 November 2018
Texas A&M (College Station) Concert Band (Russell Tipton, conductor) – 7 October 2018
Miamisburg (Ohio) High School Wind Symphony (Steve Aylward, conductor) - 15 May 2018
Prairie Wind Ensemble (Peoria, Ill.) (Jim Tallman, conductor) - 11 May 2018
Ohlone Community Band (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 11 October 2017
Ithaca (N.Y.) College Campus Band (Brian Diller, conductor) – 22 April 2017
Michigan State University (East Lansing) Concert Band (David Thornton, conductor) – 19 April 2017
Edison High School (Fresno, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Robert Madrid, conductor) - 25 March 2017 (2017 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Gregory Drane, conductor) – 8 December 2016
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor) – 7 December 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Alchemy (2008/2013)
All the Pretty Little Horses. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
Ancient Runes (2017)
Apples (2018)
Branden's Rainbow (1997/2002)
Bright Sunny Days (2013)
By My Side (2018)
Casus Belli (2018)
Celebration In Brass (1995)
Concerto for Percussion (as transcriber) (1994/1997)
Conversations with the Night (1994)
Dance, from All Hail the Power
December Dance (2005)
Diamond Jubilee Suite (2018)
Distorted Images: A Jazzman's Nightmare (1989)
A Fallen Leaf (2004)
Fanfare: In Memoriam (2015)
Fantasy on a Theme by Sousa (2003)
Frenzy (2010)
The Four Horsemen (1989)
A Glimpse through the Trees (2014)
Grant Them Eternal Rest (2003)
Havener Fanfare (2012)
Heirloom (2009)
I Am (1990)
John Henry (1990)
Joyride (2003/2008)
Kinetic Energy (1994)
Kirkpatrick Fanfare (1999)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2006)
Metamorphosis (2013)
Old Ben's Farm (2016/2019)
On the Merrimack (2010)
Ovations (1995)
Phoenix (2020)
Poor Wayfaring Stranger. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
Relentless (2000)
Scarborough Fair. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
Scherzo (1995)
Scherzo No 2 (2013)
Shades of Ivory (1996)
Simple Song (1995)
Snowflakes Dancing (2012/2016)
Song for Lyndsay (2005)
Song for My Children (2013)
Song for My Parents (2020)
Song of Loudest Praise, A (2010)
Song of the Sea Maidens (1994)
Stamp, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Star-Crossed (2013)
Symphony No. 1 for Winds and Percussion (1997)
Symphony No. 3 (1999)
Symphony No. 4 (2006)
Symphony No. 6 (2012)
Symphony No. 8 (2015-2016)
- Winter of the World
Symphony No. 10 (2019)
This Is the Drum (2013)
Thoughts of You (1998)
Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (2007/2012)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (2014)
- Scarborough Fair (as arranger) (2013)
Time Streams (After Tricycle) (2011)
To Break Earth's Sleep (2015)
Tricycle (1997)
Twilight of the Gods (2010)
An Uncommon Man (1993)
Unraveling (2006)
Urban Scenes (1993)
The Vikings (2015)

Resources

Andrew Boysen Jr. website Accessed 22 November 2022
Boysen, Jr., A. (2007). Song for Lyndsay [score]. Ludwigmasters Music Publications: Boca Raton, Fla.