After the Darkness

William Owens

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General Info

Year: 2021
Duration: c. 6:55
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Unknown

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

After the Darkness was thoughtfully written to honor and lift up the ten beautiful lives that were taken by a senseless act of violence in the early morning of May 18, 2018. on the high school campus at Santa Fe, Texas. Through the music of this composition, I wish to offer a glimmer of hope for the families forever changed, hence the title. While the work honors the memories of the lost, it is also a plea for reassurance and guidance through the darkest time imaginable. Loosely based on the hymn Precious Lord, Take My Hand, the piece begins with much mystery and tonal dissonance, as we still ponder this awful occurrence. Sudden “bursts” of percussion serve as “surges” of anger and disbelief. After this introduction of discord and confusion, the music morphs into a haunting, mournful song, as to illustrate our deep state of grief. The Santa Fe High School Band and community of Santa Fe request that before performing the piece, a moment of silence be observed to honor those lost.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Mansfield Wind Symphony (Fort Worth, Tx.) (William Owens, conductor) - 15 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
Northern Illinois University (DeKalb) Wind Ensemble (Thomas Bough, conductor) – 8 October 2021

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)

All Wind Works

Across the Great Plains (2017)
After the Darkness (2021)
Albany Fanfare (2011)
All Things So Wondrous
Antiphon (2011)
Battle Command
Big Bend (2023)
The Blue Orchid (2005)
Blue Sky (2002)
But Joy Comes... (2010)
Captain Dane (2003)
Carnegie Anthem (2012)
Carpathia (2007)
Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Caverns of Sonora (2019)
Chisholm
Congolese (2017)
Corps of Discovery (2010)
Country Day Dances (2004)
Courtlandt County Festival (2004)
Credo (2012)
Curtain Up!
Dances Americanesque (2008)
Declaration and Dance (2010)
Destined to Fly (2018)
Egyptique (2010)
The Eighth Day (2022)
El Pato Loco (2010)
El Vaquero! (2017)
Every Day New (2018)
Excelsior! (2008)
Exhaltations! (2006)
Fandango Caliente (2017)
Fantasia on "Adeste Fidelis" (as arranger) (2007)
Festive Proclamation (2015)
Flourishes! (2019)
Flourishes! (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
Great Wall (2016)
Hark! (A Holiday Celebration) (As arranger)
Heavenwards (2015)
Heroes Triumphant (2012)
Hopak! (2014)
In Autumn (2009)
In Joyful Celebration (2003)
Ironclads (The Monitor and the Merrimack) (2012)
Journey of the Bonfire (2017)
Jupiter (as arranger) (1916/2006)
Kamehameha (2006)
Kitty Hawk, 1903 (2010)
Krakatoa (2008)
Maesong (2004)
Mars (as arranger) (1916/2009)
The Mighty 97th (2008)
New Horizons March (2016)
Of Gentle Spirit
Paintings (2011)
Paradise Awaiting... (2017)
Quicksilver (2018)
Resplendence (2017)
Silversides (2021)
The Southern Dawn (1998/2002)
Spit-Fire (2013)
Summit Fanfare (2008)
The Tahoka Galop (2004)
Tangelridge (2009)
Tambora! (2013)
Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
Terracotta (2009)
Three Scottish Vistas (2007)
To Her Majesty's Delight (2020)
Tudor Sketches (2013)
Tundra (2018)
Wedgwood March (2002)
The Wings of Mercury
With Valor and Brave Heart (2011)
The World's Greatest Show! (2022)
Yonaguska (2016)
Zia (2014)

Resources

William Owens website Accessed 11 December 2021