Tricycle

Andrew Boysen, Jr.

General Info

Year: 1997
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00 | Score Only - $7.00

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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Crash Cymbals
Guiro
Marimba
Sandpaper Blocks
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Wood Block
Xylophone

Players singing

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Tricycle was commissioned by the Northshore Schools, District 112 (Ill.) for the inauguration A--City Band Festival. Directors of the participating schools were Mike Brehmer, Dennis Runyon, Steve Zachar, and Glenn Williams.

The title of the work refers to both the structure of the piece and the event for which it was commissioned. The All-City Band Festival involves three schools performing and working together as one, much as all three wheels of the tricycle must work together to move forward. The music reflects this idea by having three separate themes introduced on their own before finally being combined to work together as one musical entity. The title is even more appropriate considering the playful and innocent qualities of the piece as a whole. Tricycle is a piece that is meant to be light, fun, and happy.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Tapp Middle School Symphonic Band (Erin Cole, conductor) - 2004

State Ratings

Alabama: Class C
Georgia: IV
Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
Louisiana: II
Maryland: III
South Carolina: III
Texas: II. Complete
Virginia: III
Wisconsin: III

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

The Ohio State University (Columbus) University Band (Joshua Reynolds, conductor) - 23 February 2023
Bethel College (North Newton, Kan.) Wind Ensemble (Joel Boettger, conductor) – 25 April 2022
Crofton (Md.) High School Concert Band (Erick Von Sas, conductor) - 16 December 2021
College of New Jersey (Ewing Township) Gold Wind Ensemble (Eric Laprade, conductor) – 4 December 2019
The Ohio State University (Columbus) University Band (Alexander Gonzalez, conductor) – 13 November 2018
Indiana University (Bloomington) All-Campus Band (Sean C. Phelan, conductor) – 17 April 2018
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Gold Campus Band (Cory Near, conductor) – 30 November 2017
Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) Echo Concert Band (Christina Lee, conductor) – 12 November 2017
University of Kansas (Lawrence) University Band (Nick Waldron, conductor) – 30 November 2016
The Ohio State University (Columbus) Symphonic Band (Scott A. Jones, conductor) – 6 October 2016
Central Connecticut State University Symphonic Band - Fall 2013
Tapp Middle School (Powder Springs, Ga.) Symphonic Band (Erin Cole, conductor) – 15 December 2004 (2004 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Alchemy (2008/2013)
All the Pretty Little Horses. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
Ancient Runes (2017)
Apples (2018)
Branden's Rainbow (1997/2002)
Bright Sunny Days (2013)
By My Side (2018)
Casus Belli (2018)
Celebration In Brass (1995)
Concerto for Percussion (as transcriber) (1994/1997)
Conversations with the Night (1994)
Dance, from All Hail the Power
December Dance (2005)
Diamond Jubilee Suite (2018)
Distorted Images: A Jazzman's Nightmare (1989)
A Fallen Leaf (2004)
Fanfare: In Memoriam (2015)
Fantasy on a Theme by Sousa (2003)
Frenzy (2010)
The Four Horsemen (1989)
A Glimpse through the Trees (2014)
Grant Them Eternal Rest (2003)
Havener Fanfare (2012)
Heirloom (2009)
I Am (1990)
John Henry (1990)
Joyride (2003/2008)
Kinetic Energy (1994)
Kirkpatrick Fanfare (1999)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2006)
Metamorphosis (2013)
Old Ben's Farm (2016/2019)
On the Merrimack (2010)
Ovations (1995)
Phoenix (2020)
Poor Wayfaring Stranger. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
Relentless (2000)
Scarborough Fair. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
Scherzo (1995)
Scherzo No 2 (2013)
Shades of Ivory (1996)
Simple Song (1995)
Snowflakes Dancing (2012/2016)
Song for Lyndsay (2005)
Song for My Children (2013)
Song for My Parents (2020)
Song of Loudest Praise, A (2010)
Song of the Sea Maidens (1994)
Stamp, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Star-Crossed (2013)
Symphony No. 1 for Winds and Percussion (1997)
Symphony No. 3 (1999)
Symphony No. 4 (2006)
Symphony No. 6 (2012)
Symphony No. 8 (2015-2016)
- Winter of the World
Symphony No. 10 (2019)
This Is the Drum (2013)
Thoughts of You (1998)
Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (2007/2012)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (2014)
- Scarborough Fair (as arranger) (2013)
Time Streams (After Tricycle) (2011)
To Break Earth's Sleep (2015)
Tricycle (1997)
Twilight of the Gods (2010)
An Uncommon Man (1993)
Unraveling (2006)
Urban Scenes (1993)
The Vikings (2015)

Resources

Boysen, A. (1997). Tricycle [score]. Neil A. Kjos: San Diego, Calif.
Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. 2002. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 4. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 233-237.