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Ambush
General Info
Year: 2021
Duration: c. 4:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $90.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
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 I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Timbales
- Tom-toms (4)
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Ambush is a work that describes the fight of war, and recounts a flanking ambush set out by soldiers as they close in on a victory. A fiery chord opens the work and is followed by a strict melody which is expressed through precise articulation. Strong harmonies in the brass and bold melodies throughout make this piece a fierce statement of war and victory.
- Program Note by composer
Awards
- Association of Concert Bands Young Composers Composition Competition, 2020, winner
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Middle Tennessee State University (Murphreesboro) Symphonic Band (Craig Cornish, conductor) - 23 March 2023
- Association of Concert Bands Convention Band (Santa Fe, N.M.) (Christina A. Muncey, conductor) – 7 May 2022 (ACB 2022 Annual Convention (Santa Fe, New Mexico)) *Premiere Performance*
- Robinson (Ill.) High School Band (Dakota Pederson, conductor) - 10 March 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Ambush (2021)
- Armory (2021)
- Granite
- Spring Dances (2017)
Resources
- Dakota Pederson, personal correspondence, December 2020
- Dakota Pederson website Accessed 17 December 2020
- Perusal score
- "Young Composer Finally Receives His Award." ACB [Assocation of Concert Bands] Journal, Vol. 41, no. 2, June 2022, pp. 10-11.