Song for Lyndsay, A

Andrew Boysen, Jr.

Andrew Boysen Jr

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 5:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Masters Music Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $50.00   |   Score Only - $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
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chimes
• Crotales
• Marimba
• Orchestra Chimes
• 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).

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Audio Links

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Kansas: IV
• Texas: III. Complete

Performances

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• 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
• South Pointe Middle School (Walnut, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Susan Willmering, conductor) - 12 February 2016 (2016 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
• California State University, Fresno, Wind Festival Orchestra (Craig Fuchs, conductor) - 22 March 2015 (2015 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Alchemy (2008/2013)
• All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (2014)
• Ancient Runes (2017)
• Apples (2018)
• Branden's Rainbow (1997/2002)
• Bright Sunny Days (2013)
• By My Side (2018)
• Casus Belli
• Celebration In Brass
• 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
• Fallen Leaf, A
• Fantasy on a Theme of Sousa (2003)
• Frenzy
• The Four Horsemen
• A Glimpse through the Trees
• Grant Them Eternal Rest
• Havener Fanfare (2012)
• Heirloom
• I Am (1990)
• John Henry
• Joyride
• 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
• Poor Wayfaring Stranger (2007/2012)
• Relentless
• Scarborough Fair (2013) (as arranger)
• Scherzo
• Scherzo No 2 (2013)
• Shades of Ivory
• Simple Song
• Snowflakes Dancing (2012/2016)
• A Song for Lyndsay (2005)
• Song for My Children (2013)
• Song of Loudest Praise, A (2010)
• Song of the Sea Maidens
• Stamp From A Jack Stamp Suite
• Star-Crossed (2013)
• Symphony No. 1 for Winds and Percussion (1997)
• Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 4 (2006)
• Symphony No. 6
• Symphony No. 8 (2015-2016)
• Symphony No. 10 (2019)
• This Is the Drum (2013)
• Thoughts of You
• Time Streams (After Tricycle) (2011)
• To Break Earth's Sleep (2015)
• Tricycle (1997)
• Twilight of the Gods (2010)
• An Uncommon Man-Portrait Of Herbert Hoover
• Unraveling
• Urban Scenes
• The Vikings (2015)
• Winter of the World

References

• Boysen, Jr., A. (2007). Song for Lyndsay [score]. Ludwigmasters Music Publications: Boca Raton, Fla.