Swamp Rabbit Stomp

Michael Sweeney

Michael Sweeney

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General Info

Year: 2016
Duration: c. 7:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00; (digital) - $85.00   |   Score Only (print) - $15.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The swamp rabbit is a large furry member of the cottontail family, indigenous to swamps and wetlands of the southern United States, and reportedly docile and agreeable. Creating a brief moment of notoriety of his species, one swamp rabbit in 1979 had a famous encounter with President Jimmy Carter while the president was fishing from a small boat. The incident became known as the killer rabbit attack, but from all accounts ended harmlessly enough for all concerned. Of greater lasting value is the “Swamp Rabbit Trail” which winds a scenic and beautiful path in the Greenville area of South Carolina and pass through the campus of Furman University.

Commissioned by the 2015 South Carolina All-State Junior Band and written to celebrate the natural scenic beauty of that state's famed Swamp Rabbit Trail, Michael Sweeney's Swamp Rabbit Stomp is a joyous romp of rhythm and harmony. Exploring layers of sounds as well as an expanded role for the percussion section, this work also calls for a middle section where all members of the band perform with egg shakers.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class BB

Performances

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• Monarch High School (Louisville, Colo.) Wind Ensemble (Chuck Stephen, conductor) – 14 November 2018
• George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) Wind Ensemble (Robert Birch, conductor) – 21 October 2017
• 2015 Junior All-State (South Carolina) Concert Band (Michael Sweeney, conductor) – 8 March 2015

Works for Winds by this Composer

• American Salute, An (1989)
• Ancient Voices (1994)
• Blue Mambo (2017)
• Celtic Air and Dance (2007)
• Celtic Air and Dance No. 3 (2011)
• Christmas Time Is Here (as arranger)
• Crossings in Time (2006)
• Dansbury Run (2013)
• Dialogues (2003)
• Down by the Salley Gardens (as arranger) (2006)
• Down to the River (as arranger) (2019)
• Earthdance (2010)
• First Suite in E-flat Themes (as arranger) (2006)
• Fractures in Time (2017)
• Great Movie Adventures (as arranger) (2006)
• Horkstow Grange from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as arranger)
• Hymn to the Fallen (as arranger) (1998/2000)
• John Williams: Movie Adventures (as arranger) (1977/1999)
• Lament and Tribal Dances (2001)
• Last Full Measure (2013)
• Lisbon from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as adapter) (1937/2017)
• Lost Lady Found (as arranger) (1937/2011)
• Marches of the Armed Forces (as arranger) (1991)
• Memory (as arranger)
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (as arranger)
• Monmouth Overture (1999)
• Music from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (as arranger) (1977/2016)
• Northland Pines (2013)
• On Joyful Wing (2018)
• On the Wings of Swallows (2000)
• Pirates of the Caribbean (as arranger) (2006)
• Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (as arranger) (2010)
• Prelude and Pursuit (2013)
• Quad City Stomp (2008)
• River of the Ancients (2004)
• Root Beer Rag (as arranger) (1974/1981)
• Rumble on the High Plains (2005)
• Salute to the Duke
• Sawdust City Celebration (2012)
• Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (as arranger) (1967/2007)
• Sleepsong (as arranger) (2019)
• Stardance
• Suite from "MASS" (as arranger)
• Swamp Rabbit Stomp (2016)
• Themes from "New World Symphony" (as arranger) (1893)
• To Soar with Eagles (2013)
• Troy! (2009)
• Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1937/2019)
• Villages (2014)
• When the Sun Breaks Through the Mist (2006)
• The Willow Tree (as arranger) (1995/2018)
• Year of the Dragon (Sweeney) (2000)
• Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (as arranger) (2006)

Resources

None discovered thus far.