Texas Star
Subtitle: Western Concert March
General Info
Year: 1997 / 2007
Duration: c. 4:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Lovebird Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass/Contrabassoon
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Pistol Shot (optional)
- Slapstick (optional)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Official march of the Dallas Wind Symphony. Dedicated to my high school band director, Charles Forque (author of the Best In Class band method books), this sprawling western march is a musical impression of the famous "Texas Star" ferris wheel at the Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas. It was first performed at the Fairgrounds in May of 1996.
- Program Note by composer
To Charles Forque.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Heart of Texas Concert Band (San Antonio) (R. Mark Rogers, conductor) - 25 April 2021
- Sharon (Mass.) Concert Band (Stephen Bell, conductor)– 8 June 2019
- River Valley Wind Ensemble (Kankakee County, Ill.) (David Conrad, Conductor) – 6 May 2018
- New Jersey City University (Jersey City) Symphony of Winds and Percussion (Patrick J. Burns, conductor) – 12 April 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adeste Fideles (2006)
- Alpine Legion (1983/2007)
- Ark of Hope, An
- Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) (as arranger) (1853/2004)
- Away in a Manger (arr. Kirkpatrick and Wilberg; setting Lovrien) (1987/2017)
- Biergarten Mazurka
- Calliope Rag (as arranger) (1906/2018)
- Christmas Sing-Along (1997)
- Colonial Medley (as arranger) (2005)
- Diminished Minor Alterations (2018)
- The Hill Country Theme (as arranger) (1966/2019)
- Karusselbrise (Carousel Breeze)
- Lakeshore Picnic
- Last Silent Noël (as arranger) (2018)
- Midwesterner, The
- Minor Alterations (2007)
- Minor Alterations No 2 (2010/2013)
- Minor Forty-Niner (2021)
- Monkey Business (1999/2007)
- Old Ironsides (as arranger)
- Procession of Nations
- Seven Cities of Gold (2003)
- Texas, Our Texas (as arranger) (1924/2018)
- Texas Star (1997/2007)
- A Texas Tribute (2021)
- To Awaken a Sleeping Giant
- Tubilustrium (2001)
- The Unfortunate Band of the Iron Brigade (2018)
Resources
- Lovebird Music Accessed 12 June 2019
- Lovrien, A. (2002). Texas Star [score]. Lovebird Music: Irving, Tex.
- Perusal score