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Suite for Band (Mahr)
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Mahr Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $100.00 | Score Only (digital) - $15.00
Movements
1. Leaning Forward – 2:37
2. Looking Back – 3:54
3. Lifting Spirits – 2:58
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (7 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbals, high and low
- Tam-Tam
- Tom-Toms (3)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
I was honored when Mr. Russ Kramer, Director of Bands at Mason City High School (IA) approached me with the idea of creating a work for band to celebrate the construction of a new space in which artistic and civic programs would be presented in their community. After discussions, faithful supporters O. Jay and Pat Tomson commissioned a composition for the Mason City High School Symphonic Band to commemorate the opening of the new performance hall at Mason City High School.
The first movement of the suite, Leaning Forward, opens with intensity and does not let up as it presents its themes. Harmonic choices and rhythmic elements were all designed to propel the music in a manner reflective of the energies of the visionary leaders behind the construction of the new facility, as well as the spirit of those students, faculty and community members that would enliven the auditorium in the years ahead.
Looking Back, the second movement, offers music conducive to contemplating the proud heritage of Mason City, as well as its high school and storied music program.
The final movement, Lifting Spirits, captures the exuberance within the school and community, bringing the suite to a joyous conclusion.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Eastview High School (Apple Valley, Minn.) Wind Symphony (Frank M. Pasquerella, conductor) – 9 March 2019
- St. Olaf Band (Northfield, Minn.) (Timothy Mahr, conductor) – 26 September 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adoramus Te, Christe (as arranger)
- and in this dream there were eight windows... (2003)
- Appalachian Folk Dream (2016)
- Argentum (1986)
- Blue Sky Day (2006)
- Bridge Square March (2005)
- Bright Side (2015/2018)
- Carolina Folk Dream
- Climb the Castle Walls! (2011)
- Dauntless (2015)
- Daydream (1989)
- Diamond Celebration (2009)
- Dig Down Deep (2013)
- Endurance (1991)
- Etched in Stone (2018)
- Everyday Hero (2011)
- Fanfare and Grand March (1980)
- Fantasia in G (1982)
- Festivals
- Fields of Grain as Seen From a Train (2008)
- Flourish (2000)
- GF Redux: "It's Yours", from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Heroic Rhapsody (2009)
- Heroic Valor (2009)
- Hey! (2001/2005)
- Honoris Causa (2009)
- Hymn and Celebration (1994)
- Imagine, If You Will... (2013)
- Imagining Peace (2018)
- Immigrant Dreams (1992)
- Imprints
- Inaugural Dances (2006)
- Into the Air! (1998)
- Look In/Look Out (2018)
- A Mighty March (2003)
- Mountain Prayers (2006)
- Mourning Dances (2001)
- Mr. Kallman (2019)
- Noble Element (2007)
- Passages (1984)
- Pride, Promise and Progress (2009)
- A Quiet Place To Think (1999)
- Retreat, from All Hail the Power (2002)
- The Soaring Hawk (1991)
- Sol Solator (2009)
- Spirits Ablaze (2013)
- Spring Divertimento (1992)
- Suite for Band (2014)
- Symphony No. 1 (2016)
- Uncle Lumpy's Garage (2005)
- Urgent Voices (2020)
- The View from the Mountaintop (1996)
- When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers (1997)
Resources
- Mahr Music Press website Accessed 8 March 2019
- Perusal score