When Saint Nick Comes Marching In

From Wind Repertory Project
Robert W. Smith

Medley arranged by Robert W. Smith


Subtitle: A New Orleans Holiday Celebration


General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: RWS Music, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Marimba (optional)
  • Ride Cymbal
  • Sleigh Bells
  • Snare Drum
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

New Orleans and its unique music history has impacted the entire world through the roots of jazz and popular music. Robert W. Smith gives us this New Orleans holiday celebration in a very unique setting featuring Up on the Housetop and When the Saints Go Marching In. Beginning with a trumpet solo inspired by Louis Armstrong, the piece quickly transitions to a Dixieland Jazz quintet. The full band, in the tradition of the New Orleans Brass Bands, joins the street parade with Saint Nick leading the celebration shouting “Heaux, Heaux, Heaux!”

- Program Note from publisher


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Salem Band (Winston-Salem, N.C.) (Eileen M. Young, conductor) - 14 December 2023
  • University of Wyoming (Laramie) Wind Symphony (Robert Belser, conductor) - 12 December 2021
  • Troy (Mich.) High School Combined Bands – 6 December 2018


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