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Speed of Heat, The
Contents
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Musica Propria
Cost: Score and Parts - $130.00 | Score Only - $30.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contra-bassoon
Bb Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-alto Clarinet
Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
Contrabass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum
- Cabasa
- Chimes
- Clave
- Congas
- Crotales
- Egg Shaker
- Finger Cymbal Tree
- Gong
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Speed of Heat premiered in 2010 and was commissioned by Col. Larry H. Lang during his tenure as commander of the United States Air Force Academy Band in Colorado. Ms. Giroux writes, The Speed of Heat is a musical depiction of the adventures of a fighter pilot, specifically an F-22 Raptor pilot. Rambunctious and daredevilish in nature, this work takes the listener through a series of events which are all based on fighter pilot "slang". Even the title is pilot slang for Warp One, or very, very fast. The opening is "The F-22 Raptor" itself and from there we go on an adventure in musical sections as follows:
- Meas. 39 - "Fangs Out" - When a pilot is hot for a dogfight.
- Meas. 52 - "Let's Dance" - Targets are sighted and we are in active pursuit.
- Meas. 115 - "Padlocked" & "Beaded Up" - "Padlocked" - To have a Bogey firmly in your sights. "Beaded Up" - Worried or excited
- Meas. 148 - "Heater Shpanked" & "Flashbacks" - "Heater" is a heat-seeking missile. "Shpanked" is soundly getting defeated in a dogfight. "Flashbacks" is the musical description of the pilot seeing his life flash in front of him in slow motion.
- Meas. 168 - "NFOD" & "Punch Out" - "NFOD" - No Fear Of Death. "Punch Out" - eject.
- Meas. 211 - Back in a "Zoombag" - After a near death experience, the pilot gets back into his "flight suit."
- Meas. 229 - "The Speed of Heat" - Let's just see how fast we can go.
- Meas. 294 - "Breaking the Sound Barrier" - in this section the brass represent the sound barrier and the woodwinds depict the Raptor.
- Meas. 304 to the end - "GAP" - Gauges all pinged (at max).
- Program notes by Technical Sgts. David Balandrin and Ricky Parrell.
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: United States Air Force Academy Band (Col. Larry H. Lang, conductor) - 2012
- Audio CD: United States Air Force Band (Col. Larry H. Lang, conductor)
Audio Links
Sample download; ensemble and conductor unknown
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University Wind Ensemble of Boston College (Seb Bonaiuto, conductor) – 23 February 2020
- State University of New York, Fredonia, Concert Band (Ray Stewart, conductor) – 8 November 2018
- Orange County Wind Symphony (Anaheim, Calif.) (Anthony Mazzaferro, conductor) - 23 November 2014
- United States Air Force Band (Col. Larry H. Lang, conductor) - 19 December 2012 (2012 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- At the Covid Cabana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- The Bonsai Tree (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
- I'll Be Home A-fore Ye (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Opa! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- A Time to Dance (2006) (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
All Wind Works
- Af-free-kah! (2013)
- All Good Things
- All Through the Night (as arranger) (2011)
- Always (2019)
- Amaranthine
- Appalachian Portrait (2017)
- The Ash Grove (2019)
- At the Covid Cabana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Away in a Manger (as arranger) (2012?)
- Before the Sun (2013)
- The Bench by the Sea (2017)
- The Bonsai Tree (2010)
- Bookmarks from Japan (2013)
- Boston Liberties (2003)
- Carnaval! (2013)
- Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Chorale for Wind Band and Melodic Percussion (as arranger) (2015)
- Christmas and Sousa Forever (as arranger) (2010)
- Christmas Toons (2012)
- Christmas with Mozart (2007)
- Circus Franticus (2001)
- Córdoba (2013)
- Crown of Thorns (1998)
- Culloden I and II (2000)
- Culloden III (2000)
- Dragon Sky (2015)
- Dream Dancer
- The Elements
- Empire (2006)
- Fantasy in French (2012)
- Fields of Gold (2019)
- The First Noel (as arranger)
- Fort McHenry Suite (2000)
- Freedom Rising (2017)
- Glenbury Grove (2009)
- Glorious Light
- The Grace in Being (2013)
- The Greatest Generation
- Hands of Mercy (2001)
- HardDrive
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
- Hark! Those Bells Are Smokin’ (2011)
- The Hearthstone (2016)
- Husaria Cavalry Overture (2006)
- Hymn for the Innocent (2016)
- I Got Rhythm for Christmas (2012)
- Il Burlone (2000)
- I'll Be Home A'fore Ye (2006)
- I'll Be Home A-fore Ye (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- Imbizo (2007)
- Impressions (2013)
- In My Father's Eyes (2017)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (as arranger) (1906/2018)
- Incantations (2019)
- Italian Rhapsody (2005)
- Jerusalem (as arranger)
- Jingle Them Bells (as arranger) (1857/2011)
- Journey Through Orion (2006)
- Just Flyin'! (2015)
- Kalanu
- Khan (2008)
- La Mezquita de Córdoba (2005)
- Let Your Spirit Sing
- The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero
- Louisiana Parish Sketches (2001)
- Mambo Perro Loco (2008)
- March of the Sun Dried Tomatoes (2000)
- Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Medalist Fanfare (2013)
- Moonshine. See: Shine
- Movin' on Down the Line (2009)
- My Soul to Keep (2019)
- Mystery on Mena Mountain (1985)
- The Nature of the Beast
- Nihonbashi. See: Market Bridge
- No Finer Calling (2006)
- No Man's Land (2017)
- Nothing That Is (2000)
- Nutcracker Fantasia (2012)
- O Holy Night (arr. Giroux) (1847/2011)
- Of Blood and Stone (2015)
- One Life Beautiful (2010)
- One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships and Men Rejoicing (2011)
- Opa! (2018)
- Ouachita (1987)
- Our Cast Aways (2018)
- Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Overture in Five Flat (2010)
- Paprikash (2014)
- Peter Patapan (2011)
- Poseidon
- Primality!
- Prisoner of the Ring (1986)
- Radiant Shadows (2016)
- Riften Wed (2013)
- River Shannon (2020)
- Shadow Falls (2013)
- Shine (2017)
- Space Symphony (1986/1991)
- The Speed of Heat (2010)
- Stealing Home (2016)
- A Stocking Full of Composers (2009)
- Symphony No. 5 (2017)
- Symphony No. 6 (2021, in composition)
- A Symphony of Fables (2006)
- Taboo for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble
- Three Fanfares (2003)
- Three Wise Guys (2011)
- Tiger Tail March (2000)
- A Time to Dance (2006)
- To Walk with Wings (2000)
- The Twelve Days of Christmas (2012)
- The Twelve Gallon Hat (2013)
- Under the Willow (2015)
- A Very Merry Heart and Soul
- Vigils Keep (2005)
- Vortex (2015)
- Wagon Trail (2003)
- West Wind Overture (2012)
- What Child Is That Playing Carol of the Bells? (as arranger) (2011)
- What Goes in the Night (2000)
- When Country Comes to Town
- Where the Red Fern Grows (2016)
- Wild West Overture
- Without You
- Wolves in Moonlight (2019)
- Zephyr, Chorale and Dance (2012)