Suite Louisiane
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 11:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $175.00 | Score Only (print) - $40.00
Movements
1. Isabeau S’y Promene (French Canadian folk song)
2. Michieu Banjo (Afro-Creole folk song)
3. Aux Natchitoches (Creole-Cajun ballad)
4. Now Shall My Inward Joys Arise (Shape note hymn)
5. Eunice Two-Step (Cajun accordion tune)
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
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 (I doubling Soprano Saxophone)
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III (I doubling Flugelhorn)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Ankle Bells
- Bass Drums (large and medium)
- Cabasa
- Conga
- Egg Shaker
- Guiros (wooden and metal)
- Log Drum (or Slit Drum)
- Marimba
- Metal Bell (high)
- Orchestra Bells
- Shakers (big, Shekere if possible)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Suite Louisiane is a five-movement setting of Louisiana folk songs. Louisiana is uniquely rich in vernacular music. My goal was to display that richness in a symphonic suite that entertains and educates. The five songs I selected each have unique histories and rich musical characteristics that I was able to amplify and expand upon.
The College Band Directors National Association of Louisiana commissioned this new work to be premiered in January 2019 by the Louisiana Intercollegiate Honor Band.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Symphonic Band (Matthew Brunner, conductor) - 29 April 2023
- University of Louisiana Monroe Wind Ensemble (Derle R. Long, conductor) - 11 October 2022
- Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, La.) Wind Ensemble (Jason Ladd, conductor) – 24 October 2019
- Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Tamey Anglley, conductor) – 15 October 2019
- Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond) Wind Symphony (Derek Stoughton, conductor) – 30 September 2019
- Northwestern State University (Natchitoches, La.) Wind Symphony (Dan McDonald, conductor) - 11 April 2019
- University of Louisiana Monroe Wind Ensemble (Derle R. Long, conductor) – 10 April 2019
- Louisiana Intercollegiate Honor Band ( Carolyn Beatty, conductor) – 19 January 2019 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
All Wind Works
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- A Blue Streak (2010)
- Cantique (2012)
- Congo Square (2016)
- Country Bandstand (2002)
- Fantasia on Brother James' Air (2023)
- Fantasia on "Silent Night" (2011)
- Fields (1994)
- Galop (as transcriber) (c. 1909/2013)
- Gearbox (2009)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- The Harmonious Blacksmith (as arranger) (1720/2020)
- Hocus Pocus (2013)
- The Hound of Heaven (1988)
- Hymn for Emmanuel (2015)
- Love Among the Ruins (2016)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- Minton's Playhouse (1994)
- O Magnum Mysterium (1996)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Seasons (2022)
- Silent Shadows to the Last (2017)
- Sinfonietta (2012)
- Storyville (1996)
- Suite Argentine (2020)
- Suite Louisiane (2018)
- Symphony No. 1, “Blue” (1999)
- Symphony No. 2 (2019)
- Tattoo (2005)
- The Temptation of St. Anthony (2014)
- Wu Xing (2016)
Resources
- James Syler website Accessed 27 July 2019