What Goes in the Night

Julie Giroux

General Info

Year: 2000
Duration: c. 5:40
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Musica Propria
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Cabasa
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Gong
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Tubular Bells
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A multitude of colors present themselves in What Goes in the Night, a both entertaining and challenging piece. The opportunity for expression is coupled with rhythmic intensity as the composer sets the stage with a somber, pulsating beginning, followed by an ever-intensifying pace to an exciting climax. Percussion enjoys an important role in adding subtlety to some passages and strength to others. Particular attention to the staccato of dotted eighth/sixteenth figures will help make that recurring motif speak clearly and add to the tension.

Under the cover of darkness, life goes on.
Sleep, work, passion, mischief, murder and mayhem.
Actually, the same things that go on during the day.
Yet, wrapped in a blanket of mystery and shadows
there is a certain power, a secretive nature that blurs the lines
between what is and what isn’t.
A trivial problem in the daytime becomes a tragic epic at night.
Love, seems more personal, almost magical. Work . . . endless.
Trouble has a cloak and Danger lurks behind every shadow.
Beauty. The moon and the stars.
Casting their light, hope and a promise of what could be.
A new day will come. Eventually.
But first, we must all deal with the night.

These notes, as well as the music, were written under the cover of darkness. While creating them both, I heard many "bumps" in the night. I investigated most of them. All but three made it into the music.

- Program Note by composer

Composed for the Quail Valley Middle School Honors Band, Missouri City, Texas, Greg Countryman, Director, The 54th Annual Midwest Clinic, Chicago, Illinois, 2000

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Quail Valley Middle School Honors Band (Greg Countryman, conductor) – 2000

State Ratings

Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
Louisiana: III
Tennessee: III
Texas: III. Complete

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group II (Michael Komperda, conductor) – 1 May 2022
Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group II (Michael Komperda, conductor) - 3 December 2021 (Severance Music Center, Cleveland)
Fredericksburg (Tx.) High School Symphonic Band (Jason Younts, conductor) – 2 April 2018
Plano (Tx.) East High School Concert Band – 24 May 2011
Quail Valley Middle School (Missouri City, Tx.) Honors Band (Greg Countryman, conductor) – 21 December 2000 (2000 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

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Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
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Opa! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
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Christmas and Sousa Forever (as arranger) (2010)
Christmas Toons (2012)
Christmas with Mozart (2007)
Circus Franticus (2001)
Córdoba (2013)
Crown of Thorns (1998)
Culloden I and II (2000)
Culloden III (2000)
Dragon Sky (2015)
Dream Dancer (2005)
The Elements. See: Symphony No. 5
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Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
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The Hearthstone (2016)
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I'll Be Home A'fore Ye (2006)
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Italian Rhapsody (2005)
Jerusalem (as arranger)
Jingle Them Bells (as arranger) (1857/2011)
Journey Through Orion (2006)
Just Flyin'! (2015)
K2 (2012)
Kalanu (2002)
Khan (2008)
La Mezquita de Córdoba (2005)
Legacy (2011)
Let Your Spirit Sing (2003)
The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero
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Mambo Perro Loco (2008)
March of the Sun Dried Tomatoes (2000)
Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
Medalist Fanfare (2013)
Moonshine. See: Shine
Movin' on Down the Line (2009)
My Soul to Keep (2019)
Mystery on Mena Mountain (1985)
Mythic (2021)
The Nature of the Beast (2001)
Nearer, My God, To Thee (as arranger) (2010)
Nihonbashi. See: Market Bridge
No Finer Calling (2006)
No Man's Land (2017)
Nothing That Is (2000)
Nutcracker Fantasia (as arranger) (1891/2012)
O Holy Night (arr. Giroux) (1847/2011)
Of Blood and Stone (2015)
One Life Beautiful (2010)
One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships and Men Rejoicing (2011)
Opa! (2018)
Ouachita (1987)
Our Cast Aways (2018)
Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
Outlander (2010)
Overture in Five Flat (2010)
Paprikash (2014)
Peter Patapan (2011)
Poseidon (2010)
Primality 2006)
Prisoner of the Ring (1986)
Radiant Shadows (2016)
Rain Softly on Me (2022)
The Red Baron Drummer
Riften Wed (2013)
River Shannon (2020)
Shadow Falls (2013)
Shine (2017)
Silent Night in Gotham (as arranger) (1818/2009)
Space Symphony (1986/1991)
The Speed of Heat (2010)
Stealing Home (2016)
A Stocking Full of Composers (2009)
Strathcona Suite (2012)
Sun Catcher (2022)
Swashbuckler (2010)
Symphony No. 5 (2017)
Symphony No. 6. see: The Big Blue
A Symphony of Fables (2006)
Taboo for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble
Three Fanfares (2003)
Three Wise Guys (2011)
Tiger Tail March (2000)
A Time to Dance (2006)
To Walk with Wings (2000)
Trillium
The Twelve Days of Christmas (2012)
The Twelve Gallon Hat (2013)
Under the Willow (2015)
A Very Merry Heart and Soul
Vigils Keep (2005)
Vortex (2015)
Wagon Trail (2003)
West Wind Overture (2012)
What Child Is That Playing Carol of the Bells? (as arranger) (2011)
What Goes in the Night (2000)
When Country Comes to Town (2008)
Where the Red Fern Grows (2016)
Wild West Overture
Winter from "The Four Seasons" (as arranger) (1725/)
Without You
Wolves in Moonlight (2019)
Zephyr, Chorale and Dance (2012)

Resources

Giroux, J. (2000). What Goes in the Night: Concert Band [score]. Musica Propria: San Antonio, Tx.
Julie Giroux website Accessed 10 July 2021