Trek to the Summit
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 4:05
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe (optional Flute II)
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A brass fanfare based on angular melodic figures makes for a resonant start of this musical celebration. The fanfare fades into a softer, more lyrical section that features changing textures and shifting harmonies. The opening fanfare then returns with a coda to bring about a resolute finish.
- Program Note from publisher
The opening fanfare section, marked "Maestoso," serves as the principal melodic material for the composition. Set in the Dorian mode, a complementary slower section marked "Andante" is more lyrical and initially features the woodwinds. This section has a brief solo for trumpet. The percussion instruments introduce a "Presto" development section that leads to a return of the opening fanfare gestures and a concluding coda.
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Commissioned in honor of Sam Berryhill, Music Educator and Avid Hiker.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- North Carolina: I
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Aberystwyth Variants (2015)
- Aisling Gaelach (2010)
- All the Starry Band (2004/2005)
- Appalachian Folk Song Suite (as arranger) (2001)
- At Twilight (2014)
- Better Angels (2019)
- Blue Devil Dancing (2020)
- Blue Ridge Portrait
- Converse Fantasy (2011)
- Concerto for Trumpet and Winds (2010)
- Dan River Festival (1996)
- Diamond Fantasy (2001)
- Engelberg Variations (1999)
- Evensong (2008)
- The Hornet's Nest (2019)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (2002)
- Introduction, Allegro, and Dance
- Legend of the Saura (2000)
- Lincoln Legend (2003)
- The Maestro's Flourish (2005)
- Mandjiani (2004)
- Mysteria (2000)
- Of Fire and Ice (2012/2015)
- River Songs of the South (as arranger) (2007)
- Rugby Heritage (2021)
- Sandhills Saga (2020)
- Southwest Overture (1993)
- Sparkle (2011)
- Three Studies in English Folk Song (as arranger) (1927/1999/2003)
- Trek to the Summit (2019)
- Upon the Wings of the Wind (2002)
- Variations on an American Hymn Tune (1998)
- Victory (2019)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist. 75/2 (October/November 2020), 60. Print.
- Perusal score