Anthem of an Era
General Info
Year: 2013
Duration: c. 1:45
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-Toms (3)
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Anthem of an Era was written to capture the drive and motivation of young people that enables them to achieve their goals. Whether the focus is on academics the arts or athletics, their hard work deserves to be recognized and celebrating. Bold themes and driving rhythms are carefully crafted to provide a vibrant work that students will enjoy, and which will feature their lyrical abilities. This work, also exposes the players to unique percussion combinations for their level of experience. All of these elements come together to inspire students to work hard, and never doubt that the sky is the limit.
Dedicated to the University of Montevallo Youth Musicians' Camp; Montevallo, Alabama, in celebration of the camp's 10th anniversary.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class D
- Ohio: OMEA Junior High School Band C
- West Virginia: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Bullard (Calif.) High School Symphonic Band (Jacob Cardona, conductor) - 25 March 2023 (2023 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Viera High School (Melbourne, Fla.) Symphonic/Concert Band - 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Downtown Strut (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
All Wind Works
- Along the Beaches of Normandy (2009)
- Anthem of an Era (2013)
- Ash & Stone (2019)
- ...at Twilight (2014)
- Banner of the Sky (2018)
- Banshee of the Badlands (2019)
- The Best of Rooms (as arranger) (1963/2017)
- Breakthrough (2022)
- Castle Gate, 1924 (2012)
- Chant and Fire Ritual (2011)
- Downtown Strut (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Epic Venture (2015)
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Ergo (2022)
- Fanfare for 'Our Time' (2020)
- Fanfare for Athena (2020)
- Fanfare for the Gold (2023)
- From the Concord Chronicles (2016)
- Ghosts of the Lost Ship (2014)
- Hope Rising (2022)
- Housetop Holiday Jam! (as arranger) (2011)
- Illustrations (2013)
- Miles in the Sky (2015)
- Mission: Apollo (2015)
- Now & Forever March (2023)
- Paceline (2018)
- Pacific Grooves (2022)
- Panoramic Fanfare (2014)
- Panoramic Landscapes (2015)
- Prevailing Fire
- Resplendent Light (2016)
- River Poem (2019)
- The Sacred Spheres (2021)
- Shimmering Joy (2018)
- Solace in the Equinox (2017)
- Sweet Dreams (2022)
- Tale of the Sword
- Terminal Velocity (2014)
- Winds of Celebration (2012)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Tyler Grant website Accessed 29 March 2023