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Winds of Celebration
Contents
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 4:45
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I–II-III, including:
- Bar Chimes
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Winds of Celebration was commissioned by the Winds of Cockeysville honor band of Cockeysville Middle School (Maryland) and their director, Jonathan Sindler. When Jon contacted me about the commission, he requested a work to commemorate the band's 10th anniversary. I immediately agreed to the commission, and knew it had to be a celebratory piece. So I sat at my desk and thought of the best way to symbolize this decade of wonderful music making. I then reflected on how music has impacted my life, the lives of others, and especially the everyday lives of middle school students. This was my goal in composing the piece, and I thought it would be a great work for young school students to emphasize expression their playing.
A vibrant fanfare opens the work and then quickly progresses into a catchy, rhythmic theme. The music then calms to an andante espressivo section. A new theme is introduced, and each section of the band gets a moment to shine. The piece then picks back up into the original theme, but with a feeling of great rejoice!
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Demopolis (Ala.) High School Wind Ensemble (Tyler S. Grant, conductor) – 7 May 2019
- Pasco (Wash.) High Wind Ensemble – 2016
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
All Wind Works
- Along the Beaches of Normandy (2009)
- Ash & Stone (2019)
- at Twilight (2014)
- Epic Venture (2015)
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Fanfare for 'Our Time' (2020)
- Fanfare for Athena (2020)
- Ghosts of the Lost Ship (2015)
- Miles in the Sky (2015)
- Mission: Apollo
- Paceline (2018)
- Panoramic Fanfare (2014)
- Panoramic Landscapes (2015)
- Resplendent Light (2016)
- Shimmering Joy (2018)
- Solace in the Equinox (2017)
- Winds of Celebration (2012)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Tyler Grant website Accessed 27 May 2019
