Viva!
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Bongos
- Chimes
- China Cymbals
- Claves
- Conga
- Cowbell
- Guiro
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Timbales
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
¡Viva! is a celebration of the cultural heritage and history of Roma, Texas. Situated on the border between Mexico and Texas, the town served as an important point of transit over the Rio Grande River. The piece imagines a traveler approaching Roma from the countryside. The music in the first section depicts the desert, suggesting hazy tendrils of heat rising from a landscape dominated by sand and scrub brush. As the traveler nears the city, dance music begins to drift in on the hot wind. The folk-like melody gives way to a dance tune that slowly builds in intensity. Here the music paints a party scene, with revelers dancing and possibly even an impromptu parade. As the piece builds to a raucous close, one can imagine accompanying shouts of “Viva!”
¡Viva! was commissioned by Corey L. Graves, the McAllen Town Band, and the band directors of Region 15 and Region 28 for Roma Middle School Symphonic Winds’ performance at the 2016 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic.
- Program Note from the Roma Middle School Symphonic Winds concert program, 15 December 2016
Media
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State Ratings
- Texas: III. Complete
Performances
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- East Texas Baptist University (Marshall, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Nathan G. Phillips, conductor) - 2 October 2020
- Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Va.) Concert Band (Keith Taylor, conductor) - 5 March 2020
- Mineola (Tx.) High School Band (Chris Brannan, conductor) - 14 February 2020 (2020 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire High School 11-12 Blue Honor Band (Phillip Ostrander, conductor) - 2 November 2019
- Carlisle High School Band (Price, Tx.) (Christopher Clifton, conductor) - 15 February 2019 (2019 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Roma (Texas) Middle School Symphonic Winds (Corey L. Graves, conductor) - 15 December 2016 (2016 Midwest Clinic) - *Premiere Peformance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Across the Serengeti (2016)
- And Sail Away (2017)
- Bold
- Bravado Tango (2015)
- Cassini's Dive (2021)
- Christus Factus Est (as transcriber) (1884/2018)
- Circle of Wagons (2013)
- Come Down Rain (2018)
- Crowns of Glory (2020)
- Dance Slav (2018)
- Everybody Sang (2019)
- Foiled Again! (2014)
- The Jester's Galop (2023)
- Laniakea (2016)
- Leading Light (2022)
- Legacy Fanfare (2016)
- Liber Illuminare (2023)
- Monumental Triumph
- Moon Over Half Dome (2019/2021)
- On the Kerry Shore (2017)
- On the Wing (2014)
- Palo Duro Sunrise (2015)
- Passage of Arms (2013)
- Queen Anne’s Revenge (2013)
- Ripple Effect (2023)
- Ruins of Tulum (2013)
- Scenes from the American West (2018)
- Solstice Dance (2015)
- The Spirit of Cashel (2019)
- Spellbound (2016)
- A Swashbuckling Christmas (2017)
- Symphony No.1 (2022)
- ¡Viva! (2017)
- Wellspring (2020)
- Whirling Novas (2015)
Resources
- Jack Wilds Music Accessed 2 August 2021
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 72/4 (November, 2017), p. 26.
- Perusal score