Stella Maris
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 4:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Triangle
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
See additional performance notes in the Discussion tab, above
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Stella Maris was commissioned in memory of Marissa Alp, a beloved daughter, teacher, and friend who passed away at the age of twenty-five due to an undiagnosed defect in the mitral valve of her heart. Her passing on December 21, 2007, was a shocking and unexpected loss to all whom she graced. The school at which Marissa served as a teacher was the Celia Cruz High School of Music in Bronx, New York. It is a magnet school for students with instrumental and vocal talents. The music department chair, Penelope Smetters-Jacono, Marissa's friend and colleague, teamed up with Marissa's parents, Peter and Carol Lee Alp, and the school principal (Jerrod Mabry) to create a musical commission project in tribute to Marissa. It was truly my honor to compose it.
"Stella Maris" is the Latin term for Polaris, the North Star. (Religiously, the same term is synonymous with Virgin Mary). Symbolically, its role is as "the star that protects and guides." The name Marissa (equivalent to Maris) is the basis for this traditional term. The philosophical stance of Marissa as our guiding and protective star is the premise for this memorial and tribute.
- Program Note by composer
Media
Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music (N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Samuel R. Hazo, conductor) - December 2013 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
All Wind Works
- Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
- Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
- Alleluia (2012)
- Arabesque (2008/2009)
- Arrows (2014)
- As Winds Dance (2003)
- Autumn on White Lake (2010)
- Blessings
- Blue and Green Music (2011)
- Books With Blank Pages (2015)
- Bridges (2007)
- Chorus Angelorum (2009)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
- The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
- Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
- Diamond Fanfare (2006)
- Drums of the Saamis (2014)
- Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
- Echoes (2005)
- Enchanted Spaces (2012)
- Everything Beautiful (2015)
- The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
- Exultate (2001/2003)
- Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
- For Heaven and the Future (2016)
- From Gold (2015)
- Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
- Rivers (2002)
- Ascend (2005)
- Glorificare (2013)
- ...Go (2008)
- Hennepin County Dawn. See: Minnesota Portraits
- In Flight (2000/2008)
- In Heaven's Air (2002)
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
- Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
- Keltic Variations (2003)
- Minnesota Portraits (2008)
- Mountain Thyme (2013)
- Novo Lenio (2002)
- Olympiada (1997/2002)
- Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
- Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
- Parkour (2011)
- Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
- Psalm 42 (2004)
- The Quest (2002)
- Rest. See: Minnesota Portraits
- Ride (2002)
- Rising Star (2006)
- Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
- Rush (2006)
- Seconds Out (2013)
- Sevens (2005)
- Siorai September (2011)
- Sky Is Waiting (2006)
- Sòlas Ané (2006)
- Southern Hymn (2009)
- Stella Maris (2014)
- The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
- Their Blossoms Down (2002)
- Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
- To Be (2019)
- Today Is the Gift (2006)
- Voices of the Sky (2005)
- We Meet Again (2010)
- Whisper to their Souls (2008)
- A Zillion Nickels (2015)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Samuel Hazo website Accessed 17 November 2021