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Wild Dance
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 3:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Sax I-II
Bb Tenor Sax
Eb Baritone Sax
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Bongos
- Claves
- Crash Cymbals
- Maracas
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks
- Triangle
- Wood Block (Regular and Piccolo)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Starting from a small ensemble of upper woodwinds and xylophone, this gripping work roars to life as the work takes shape in a wildly exciting musical scenario. Wild Dance features mixed and asymmetric meters, a smoking presto tempo, and a huge variety of scoring combinations that make it a wild musical ride unlike any other. Composer Akey has here created another truly stellar work that should find its way onto concerts of fine groups around the world!
- Program Note by Grand Mesa Music
Dedicated to Bill Richardson, director of bands at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Arizona, Wild Dance is a light and playful work that uses mixed meter, asymmetrical meter, and brisk tempo to maintain a fun and energetic feel throughout. Written in seven-part rondo form, Akey keeps the audience guessing through not only constant meter changes, but by frequent orchestration changes and dramatic dynamic shifts as well.
- Program Note by McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band concert program, 18 December 2014
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti) Campus Band (J. Nick Smith, conductor) - 6 March 2023
- Ohio State University (Columbus) High School Honor Symphonic Band (Scott A. Jones, conductor) – 19 January 2020
- Christian Academy of Louisville (Ky.) Wind Ensemble (Matt Wooten, conductor) – 14 October 2019
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) North Star Band (J. Nick Smith, conductor) – 24 October 2018
- Idaho State University (Pocatello) Civic Concert Band (Thomas Klosss, conductor) - 21 April 2018
- Whitman College (Walla Walla, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Gary Gemberling, conductor) – 20 April 2018
- Lockport (Ill.) Township High School Freshman Band (Brian Covey, conductor) – 28 April 2016
- Wood Oaks Junior High School (Northbrook, Ill.) (Wayne Gordon, conductor) – 28 April 2016
- McCracken Middle School (Skokie, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Chip De Stefano, conductor) – 18 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)
- Eastern High School (Middletown, Ky.) Concert Band (Mike Arthur, conductor) - December 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- An Angel Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
- Awaken to the Morning Light
- Canarios Fantasia (1999)
- Cheyenne Cañon (2005)
- Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (as arranger) (1995)
- Entry of the Nobles (2003)
- Ever More Distant (2007)
- A Farnaby Prelude (2000)
- Fire Dance (2001)
- Flourish & Festivity (2003)
- Joy Fantastique
- Mountainbrook March (2001)
- Mystic Battle
- Over Slope and Summit (2006)
- Overture Jubilate (2013)
- Overture on an American Folk Tune (1999)
- Peregrin (1994)
- Pirates (1995)
- A Praetorius Prelude (1997)
- Riders on the Wind (2004)
- Rocky Mountain Carnival (2003)
- Rhapsodie Noel (1997)
- The Sorcerer's Procession (2004)
- A Susato Prelude (1994)
- Tales of the Emerald Isle (2003)
- A Tallis Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
- Voyage Through the Night (2001)
- The Wayfarer's Journey (2010)
- Wild Dance (2011)
Resources
None discovered thus far.