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Stomping Ground
Subtitle: For Flexible Wind Band with Adaptable Parts
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 are provided for each instrumental voice.
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone/E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet/Baritone T.C.
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The phrase “stomping grounds” is used to describe the common hangouts of humans. Whether it be one’s childhood neighborhood or perhaps a college campus, these are places that we remember with nostalgia. But the figure of speech actually comes from the social behavior of wild animals. The “stomping grounds” of such animals as deer, moose, elephant, etc., are the places where the animals frequently congregate in substantial numbers, in the course of which conventions they mill around and “stomp down” the vegetation and soil.
At a time in which many of us in the music world are navigating creating our art-form in a distanced way, this music seeks to capture the wonderful feeling of strength in numbers, of gathering and congregating at our old stomping grounds. Despite the challenges, the piece takes a turn towards optimism, transforming once agitated sounds to joyful sounds!
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Symphony Band (Phillip A. Ostrander, conductor) - 1 April 2021
- Hope College (Holland, Mich.) Wind Ensemble (Gabe Southard, conductor) - 5 March 2021
- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Wind Symphony IIA (Curran Prendergast, conductor) - 3 March 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Cradle Moon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Second to None (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Stomping Ground (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- The Blawenburg Quick March (2009)
- Commonwealth Fanfare (2022)
- Cradle Moon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Emeritus (2015)
- From the Banks to the Blue Ridge
- Light the Way (2019)
- Murmurations
- Our Reply (2018)
- Ring Out, Wild Bells!
- Salaam (2009)
- Second to None (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Shining Through
- Stomping Ground (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Symphony No. 1 (2008)
- Jackson Square (2008)
- Storm (2008)
- Lament (2008/2015)
- Play! (2008/2015)
- When Friends Rejoice
- Within Our Reach (2019)
Resources
- Carl Holmquist website Accessed 22 August 2020
- Perusal score