Three Musical Haikus for Band
General Info
Year: 1984
Duration: c. 6:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Stormworks
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $78.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Movements
1. Musical Haiku #6 – The 4th Year - 2:50
2. Musical Haiku #16 – The Truth About Pirates – 1:20
3. Musical Haiku #14 – Never Forgotten – 2:35
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute/Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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
Trombone/Euphonium I
Trombone/Euphonium II/Bassoon
Baritone I-II
Tuba
PAD Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Glockenspiel
- Ride Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This is a collection of three short chorales for band. They may be utilized as part of the warm-up or rendered as what I call "musical haikus."
They were composed to draw the musician's attention to sonority and warmth, while being short pieces of music. In the past, their purpose was for warming up. However, many conductors enjoy them and find them to be worthy of the Concert Hall.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording (Musical Haiku #6). Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig
- Audio: Reference Recording (Musical Haiku #16). Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig
- Audio: Reference Recording (Musical Haiku #14). Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Delaware Winds (Dover) (Michael D. Russo, conductor) - 28 October 2023
- Lamar University (Beaumont, Tex.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew McMahan, conductor) - 18 November 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
- America the Brave (1981)
- Aurora (1998)
- Ben Hur (as arranger) (1959/2008)
- Concerto for Violin and Band (2000)
- David (1995)
- The Defenders of Truefire! (1996)
- Escape from Plato's Cave (1993)
- Festival of Light! (1995)
- Finest Hour! (2000)
- Forbidden Fortress (1997)
- Giving!
- Godspeed! (1997)
- HAJJ (2000)
- Honor, Courage...Commitment (1996/1998)
- I Shall Hear in Heaven
- In a Cause Called "Glorious" (2001)
- In the Beginning (1992)
- Millennium (1997)
- O Come Holy Night! (1993)
- Once More Unto the Breach (2004)
- The Shoemaker (1999/2006)
- The Speech of Angels (1998)
- Stormworks
- Three Musical Haikus for Band (1984)
- Time to Take Back the Knights! (1999)
- Triumph at CHO-SIN! (1996)
- Under the Cover of Night ... Into the Light of Day! (1993)
- The Universe Below
- A Walk in Jurassic Park. See: In the Beginning
- Without Warning (1996)
- WU (2008)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Stephen Melillo website Accessed 27 November 2021