Swing's the Thing

Warren Barker

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 4:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $87.00; (digital) - $87.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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, including:

Bells
Crash Cymbals
Drum Set
Suspended Cymbal
Vibraphone
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Dedicated to the Coastal Communities Concert Band (San Diego, Calif.), Don Canova, director, this medley includes Night Train, I've Heard That Song Before, and Don't Get Around Much Anymore.

- Program Note from score

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

Gold Coast Wind Ensemble (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) (Michael Doty, conductor) – 7 April 2019
Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Scott Rabeler, conductor) – 21 January 2018
Allan Hancock (Santa Maria, Calif.) Community Concert Band (Greg Stoll, conductor) – 12 March 2016
Triangle Wind Ensemble (Cary, N.C.) (Evan Feldman, conductor) – 25 May 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Danny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1991/2010)

All Wind Works

All Things Bright and Beautiful (1999)
Blue Moon (as arranger)
Brazilliance! (1981)
Bricusse and Newley on Broadway (as arranger)
Broadway Show-Stoppers Overture (as arranger) (1983)
But Not for Me (as arranger) (1930/1995/2006)
By the River's Bend (1993)
Capital Square March (1997)
Capriccio (Barker) (1988)
A Christmas Serenade (as arranger) (1995)
A Chorus Line" Spectacular! (as arranger)
Cole Porter on Broadway (as arranger)
Concertino for Clarinet and Band (2000)
Danny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1991/2010)
Deir in De (1990)
Do You Hear What I Hear? (as arranger) (1962/)
Embraceable You (as arranger)
Fanfare Variations (1986)
Fantasia for Winds and Percussion (1992)
Foggy River Blues (1988)
From Sea to Shining Sea (as arranger) (2001)
A Galop to End All Galops (1977)
Gershwin! (as arranger) (1997)
Hollywood! (as arranger)
Hooray for Hollywood (as arranger) (2001)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (as arranger) (1927/2000)
I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day (as arranger) (1995)
In the Miller Mood (as arranger) (1997)
Inverrary (1983)
Ireland (as arranger) (1997)
An Irish Air for Winds
An Irish Interlude (1986)
An Irving Berlin Christmas (as arranger)
It's Christmas! (1989/2011)
Jerome Robbins Broadway (as arranger)
La Belle Americana (1986)
The Magic of Andrew Lloyd Webber (as arranger)
Magic of Disney (as arranger)
Mancini Spectacular (as arranger) (1980-1985)
Midnight in Bethlehem (1998)
New York: 1927 (2000)
Overture A La Russe (1989)
Patriotic Pageantry (as arranger) (1983)
Ramsgate March (1978)
'S Wonderful (as arranger) (1919/1996)
Salute to Bob Hope (as arranger) (1980)
Scherzo for Saxophone Quartet (1954/1982)
Selections from "Les Misérables" (as arranger) (1980/1987)
Silverado (as arranger) (1985/1987)
Sousa! (as arranger)
Strike Up the Band (as arranger) (1927/1981)
Swing's the Thing (as arranger) (1999)
That's Entertainment (as arranger)
Themes Like Old Times (as arranger) (1991)
Themes Like Old Times II (as arranger)
Themes Like Old Times III (as arranger)
Transformations (1985)
Victory Spirit March (2000)
Witch's Dance (2001)

Resources

None discovered thus far.