Until the Scars

John Mackey

Subtitle: Adapted from Hubris from Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band

General Info

Year: 2014 / 2019
Duration: c. 4:55
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Osti Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $149.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet (optional but preferred)
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV (Bass Trombone preferred for IV)
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:

Bass Drums (2, 1 small, 1 large concert)
China Cymbals (2)
Crash Cymbals
Hi-Hat
Snare Drum
Splash Cymbal
Suspended Crash Cymbal
Tambourine
Tam-Tam
Tom-Toms (4)
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Until the Scars is an adaptation of the first movement of Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band, a work based on the ancient story of The Odyssey by Homer.

After ten years of bloody siege, the Trojan War was won because of Odysseus’ gambit: A horse full of soldiers, disguised as an offering. The people of Troy took it in as a trophy, and were slaughtered. Odysseus gave the Greeks victory, and they left the alien shores for home. But Odysseus’ journey would take as long as the war itself. Homer called the ocean on which Odysseus sailed a wine-dark sea, and for the Greek king it was as murky and disorienting as its name; he would not find his way across it without first losing himself.

In this section of the story, Odysseus, having filled his ship with the spoils of war, leaves for home, but he carried another, more dangerous, cargo: pride. This movement opens with his triumphal march, and continues as he and his crew maraud through every port of call on their way home.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) All-State Symphonic Band (David Waybright, conductor) – 11 February 2023 (2023 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor) – 8 May 2022
Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, Mo.) Wind Symphony (John Bell, conductor) - 14 October 2021
Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.) Concert Band (Jonathan Sweet, conductor; Caroline Pomeroy, snare drum) - 22 November 2020
Pittsburg (Kan.) State University Wind Ensemble (Andrew D. Chybowski, conductor) - 19 November 2020
University of Kentucky (Lexington) Concert Band (Michael Hudson, conductor) - 25 October 2020
Blythewood (S.C.) High School Wind Symphony (Quintus Wrighten, conductor) - 18 March 2020
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Symphonic Band (Cliff Croomes, conductor) – 10 March 2020
Kennesaw (Ga. ) State University Wind Symphony (Debra Traficante, conductor) – 5 March 2020
University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg) Concert Band (Travis Higa, conductor) – 4 March 2020
Syracuse (N.Y.) University Wind Ensemble (Nieves Villaseñor, conductor) – 27 February 2020
South Forsyth Middle School (Cumming, Ga.) Symphonic Band (Andrew Poor, conductor) – 20 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 Southern Division Conference, Natchitoches, La.)
Bloomington High School Wind Symphony (Max Chernick, conductor) - 16 February 2020
Texas Community College Band Directors Association (TCCBDA) Symphonic Band - 15 February 2020 (2020 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Ryan Scherber, conductor) – 26 January 2020 (Severance Hall, Cleveland)
L. V. Berkner High School (Richardson, Tx.) Symphonic Band I (Jason Schayot, conductor) - 18 December 2019 (2019 Midwest Clinic)
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Ryan Scherber, conductor) – 18 November 2019
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Orchestra (Nicholas P. Waldron, conductor) – 15 November 2019
University of Southern Maine (Gorham) Concert Band (Jackie Townsend, conductor) – 13 November 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2017/2020)

All Wind Works

Antique Violences (2017)
Asphalt Cocktail (2009)
Aurora Awakes (2009)
Clocking (2007)
Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble (2007)
Damn (1998)
A deep reverberation fills with stars (2022)
Divine Mischief (2022)
Drum Music: Concerto for Percussion (2011)
Fanfare for Full Fathom Five (2015)
Foundry (2011)
The Frozen Cathedral (2012)
Harvest: Concerto for Trombone (2009)
High Wire (2012)
Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010)
Hymn to a Blue Hour (arr. Wallace) (2010/2021)
Kingfishers Catch Fire (2007)
Let Me Be Frank with You (2020/2021)
Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Lightning Field (2015)
Liminal (2016)
Mom Song
The Night Garden (2017)
Night on Fire. See: The Soul Has Many Motions
Places we can no longer go (2018)
(redacted) (2013)
Redline Tango (2004)
The Rumor of a Secret King (2017/2018)
The Rumor of a Secret King (arr. Blegen) (2017/2018/2020)
Sacred Spaces (2019)
Sasparilla (2005)
Sheltering Sky (2012)
Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
Snarl (2018)
Some treasures are heavy with human tears (2021)
Songs from the End of the World (2015)
The Soul Has Many Motions (2013)
- Night on Fire (2013)
- Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
Strange Humors (2006)
Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
Strange Humors (saxophone ensemble) (2006/2021)
This Cruel Moon (2014/2017)
This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
Turbine (2006)
Turning (2007)
Undertow (2008)
Until the Scars (2014/2019)
Venomous Devices (2023)
Wine-Dark Sea (2014)
Xerxes (2010)

Resources

Osti Music website Accessed 29 March 2019
Perusal score