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Anthem (Bryant)
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 8:40
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Gorilla Salad Productions
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental ($300) | Score Only - $60.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III (I doubling Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Splash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tambourine
- Tom-Tom
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Written at the request of Jay Gephart to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Purdue Bands, Anthem opens as a bright, twittering machine made of flutes, vibraphone, piano, and glockenspiel, gradually transforming into a full tutti rock anthem. A variety of musical textures and colors throughout the composition make the concert listening experience especially engaging and enjoyable. The audience is taken on a musical ride from start to finish, starting with a unique, distant flute chatter and then progressively building to the full-powered, pulse-driven percussion. A continuous undercurrent of simple to complex rhythm drives each melody forward as the music develops.
Mr. Bryant thinks of this piece as a cousin to his other work, Radiant Joy, except veering toward “rock” instead of “jazz” in style. The composer hopes to create waves of euphoric bliss rolling off of the stage by the end of the composition.
- Program note by The Woodlands High School Wind Ensemble concert program, 21 December 2012
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: The Woodlands High School Wind Ensemble (Joni Perez, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Symphony (Debra Traficante, conductor) – 5 March 2020
- World Adult Wind Orchestra Project (WAYOP) (Schladming, Austria) (Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, conductor) – 14 July 2018
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Ensemble (David T. Kehler, conductor) – 13 February 2018
- The Woodlands High School (Tex.) Wind Ensemble (Joni Perez, conductor) – 21 December 2012 (2012 Midwest Clinic)
- Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (IJay S. Gephart, conductor) – 29 February 2012 (ABA 2012 Annual Convention (Indianapolis, Indiana))
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Dusk (Four-part Adaptable Band) (2004/2020)
- Dusk (Five-part Adaptable Band) (2004/2020)
- In This Broad Earth (Adaptable Band) (2015/2020)
- The Low Arc of the Sun (Adaptable Band) (2017/2021)
- The Machine Awakes (Five-part Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
- MetaMarch (Six-part Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2003/2020)
All Wind Works
- Alchemy in Silent Spaces (2001)
- Aloft (2023)
- all stars are love (2014)
- Anthem (Bryant) (2011)
- The Automatic Earth (2019)
- Axis Mundi (2009)
- Bloom (2004)
- A Brighter Light (2021)
- Centennial Chimes (2021)
- Chester Leaps In. See: Parody Suite)
- A Chorus Loud and Strong (2021)
- Coil (2014)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone (2014)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestral Winds
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestral Winds & Percussion (2012)
- Concerto for Trombone 2016
- Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2010)
- Dusk (2004)
- Dusk (Four-part Adaptable Band) (2004/2020)
- Dusk (Five-Part Adaptable Band) (2004/2020)
- Ecstatic Fanfare (2012)
- Ecstatic Fanfare (arr. Lourens) (2012/2015)
- Ecstatic Waters (2008)
- First Light
- Impercynations (see Parody Suite)
- Idyll (2013)
- In This Broad Earth (2015)
- In This Broad Earth (for brass ensemble) (2015/2017)
- In This Broad Earth (Adaptable Band) (2015/2020)
- Interruption Overture (1998)
- Interruptions
- Irrational Joy (2017)
- Loose Id (2006)
- The Low Arc of the Sun (Adaptable Band) (2017/2021)
- The Machine Awakes (2012)
- The Machine Awakes (Five-part Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
- The Marbled Midnight Mile (1999)
- MetaMarch. See: Parody Suite)
- MetaMarch (Six-part Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2003/2020)
- A Million Suns at Midnight
- Miniature Suite (2017)
- Monkey
- Nothing Gold Can Stay (2016)
- Paean
- Parody Suite
- Pendulum (2018)
- Radiant Joy (2006)
- RedLine
- Rise (2003)
- sevenfive
- Solace (2012)
- Stampede (2003)
- Suite Dreams. See: Parody Suite)
- Whirlwind (2013)
- Wings That Work (2003)
Resources
- Franzblau, Robert H. "Anthem." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 469-482. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.