Voices of the Sky

Samuel Hazo

Samuel Hazo

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General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 5:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo (optional)
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
Euphonium
Tuba/String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The many qualities and changes in appearance of the sky are translated into musical moods through this expressive work. The opening lyric section flows between soloistic and full ensemble playing and leads to a "sinister" fast section of driving rhythms and mixed meter that crescendos to a powerful new setting of the original melody to close the work. Impeccable timing and emotional pacing sustain and propel this effective work.

- Program Note from publisher

Commissioned by Dr. Cynthia L. Houston, Conductor, Murchison International Baccalaureate School, Austin Independent School District, Austin, TX.

Dedicated to Paula Crider, Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Kansas: III
• Louisiana: III
• Maryland: III
• Michigan: Junior High B
• South Carolina: IV
• Texas: III. Complete

Performances

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• Plano (Tx.) Community Band (Joe Frank, conductor) – 6 May 2022 (ACB 2022 Annual Convention (Santa Fe, New Mexico))
• Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Symphonic Band (Malcolm Williams, conductor) - 7 October 2021
• Bemidji (Minn.) State University Symphonic Band (Ryan Webber, conductor) - 20 April 2021
• Texas State University (San Marcos) Concert Band (Chase Failing, conductor) - 20 November, 2019
• New Deal (Tx.) High School Lion Pride Band (James Nance, conductor) - 9 February 2017 (2017 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
• Heart of Texas Concert Band (San Antonio) (Ferd W. Vollmar, conductor) – 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)

All Wind Works

• Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
• Alleluia (2012)
• Arabesque (2008/2009)
• Arrows (2014)
• As Winds Dance (2003)
• Autumn on White Lake (2010)
• Blessings
• Blue and Green Music (2011)
• Books With Blank Pages (2015)
• Bridges (2007)
• Chorus Angelorum (2009)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
• The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
• Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
• Diamond Fanfare (2006)
• Drums of the Saamis (2014)
• Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
• Echoes (2005)
• Enchanted Spaces (2012)
• Everything Beautiful (2015)
  • The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
• Exultate (2001/2003)
• Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
• For Heaven and the Future (2016)
• From Gold (2015)
• Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
  • Rivers (2002)
  • Ascend (2005)
• Glorificare (2013)
• ...Go (2008)
• Hennepin County Dawn. See: Minnesota Portraits
• In Flight (2000/2008)
• In Heaven's Air (2002)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
• Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
• Keltic Variations (2003)
• Minnesota Portraits (2008)
  • Hennepin County Dawn
  • Rest
  • Across the Halfpipe
• Mountain Thyme (2013)
• Novo Lenio (2002)
• Olympiada (1997/2002)
• Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
• Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
• Parkour (2011)
• Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
• Psalm 42 (2004)
• The Quest (2002)
• Rest. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ride (2002)
• Rising Star (2006)
• Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
• Rush (2006)
• Seconds Out (2013)
• Sevens (2005)
• Siorai September (2011)
• Sky Is Waiting (2006)
• Sòlas Ané (2006)
• Southern Hymn (2009)
• Stella Maris (2014)
• The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
• Their Blossoms Down (2002)
• Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
• To Be (2019)
• Today Is the Gift (2006)
• Voices of the Sky (2005)
• We Meet Again (2010)
• Whisper to their Souls (2008)
• A Zillion Nickels (2015)

Resources

• Hazo, S. (2005). Voices of the Sky [score]. Musicworks: Milwaukee, Wisc.