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Vermont State Fair
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 6:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Steve Danyew
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $199.99 | Score Only (print) - $60.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos, high
- Chimes
- Cowbell, low
- Flexitone
- Marimba
- Ratchet
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Tom-Tom (4)
- Triangle
- Wood Block (2)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
When I was a kid, we'd often travel a few hours north to Vermont for Labor Day, to spend the final days of summer with my extended family. While there, we'd pile in the car to spend a day at the Vermont State Fair. The fair was an exciting, vibrant place, with rides and games, animals, fried dough, and horse racing. That was always the most exciting part of the fair, for me -- the horse racing. My grandfather was a big fan and would study the racing program days in advance of the races -- I can still picture his notes written all over the program. In Vermont State Fair, you'll experience the sights and sounds of the fair, the hustle and bustle of activity, and the excitement and energy of watching the races. Off to the fair!
- Program Note by composer
Since fair attendees are surrounded with activity and excitement, Danyew's piece features frequent shifts and changes in tonality, providing the feeling of an endless array of activities surrounding the listener.
- Program Note from Teaching Music Through Performance in Band
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Metropolitan Wind Symphony (Lexington, Mass.) (Richard Wyman, conductor) – 27 October 2019
- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Richard Wyman, conductor) – 19 March 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Canon Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- The Lost City of Tryon (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Three Spirituals (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Down by the Riverside (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1922/2020)
- Deep River (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
- I Want to Be Ready (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
- Three Tallis Melodies (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Adagietto (2014)
- Alcott Songs (2015)
- Amazing Grace (2020)
- American Nocturne (2021)
- Canon Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Distant Moons
- Entrata (2019)
- Festival Music (2020)
- Flash Back
- For This Brave New Day (2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Goodnight, Goodnight (2010)
- Green Diamond (2018)
- An Hour of Hallowed Peace (2016/2019)
- Into the Silent Land (2018)
- Journeys
- Lamentation for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble (2019)
- Lauda (2009)
- The Lost City of Tryon (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Magnolia Star (2012)
- Montis Dei. See: Lauda
- Mountainscape (2012)
- River Town Jubilee (2015)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2011)
- This World Alive (2013)
- Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Three Scenes from Home (2017)
- Three Spirituals (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Down by the Riverside (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1922/2020)
- Deep River (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
- I Want to Be Ready (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
- Third Mode Melody (2020)
- Three Tallis Melodies (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (2020)
- Vermont State Fair (2015)
- Winter Song (2018)
Resources
- Steve Danyew website
- Wyman, Richard E. "Vermont State Fair." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 641-649. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.