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Southern Hymn, A
Subtitle: Fanfare, Theme and Variation
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: IV-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In the fall of 2005 Michael Robinson, director of the Asheville, North Carolina, Community Band, approached me about a new work to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the band and honor founding director Patricia L. Garren and the charter members of the organization. After some discussion it was decided to use the great old hymn, How Firm A Foundation, as the work's theme.
- Program Note by composer
This superb single-movement concert band composition is dedicated to the Asheville, North Carolina, Community Band on the occasion of their silver anniversary. Based on the 1832 hymn tune How Firm a Foundation by Joseph Funk, the work opens with a fanfare, followed by the theme and a variation upon that theme. The brass section is featured in the opening fanfare, with the percussion scoring transitioning into a beautiful set of woodwind solos that present the familiar statement of the theme.
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class A
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Parkland College (Champaign, Ill.) Concert Band (Larry Stoner, conductor) - 10 March 2019
- Blacksburg (Va.) Community Band – 30 April 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Chattahoochee
- Lullaby
- Overcome (2013)
- A Southern Hymn (2015)
- Wayfaring Stranger (as arranger) (2016)
Resources
- Bill Locklear website Accessed 12 September 2017
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Bill Locklear." Accessed 12 September 2017
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist. September 2017, 38. Print.
- Perusal score