Awakening Hills

Richard Saucedo

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General Info

Year: 2003
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned for the All-Iowa Middle School Honor Band, here is an exuberant work that features dynamic ensemble passages, layering effects, and extensive percussion scoring. Saucedo's masterful development of repetitive rhythmic motives makes this sound more difficult than it really is. A contrasting middle section uses brief solos for alto sax and flute over a rich harmonic texture.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Mabry Middle School Symphonic Band (Dan Welborn, conductor) - 2007
Audio CD: The Music of Richard Saucedo - 2012

State Ratings

Alabama: Class BB
Georgia: IV
Minnesota: II
Mississippi: III-A
North Carolina: IV
South Carolina: IV

Performances

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University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Jack R. Snyder Concert Band (Douglas W. Bush, conductor) - 1 May 2022
Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Honor Band (Dan Peterson, conductor) - 18 November 2019
Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Concert Band (Donald E. Peach, conductor) – 24 April 2019
Cheshire (Conn.) High School Symphonic Band (John L. Kuhner, conductor) – 18 December 2018
Yosemite High School (Oakhurst, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Francisco Marquez, conductor) – 13 April 2018
Yosemite High School (Oakhurst, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Francisco Marquez, conductor) -16 March 2018 (2018 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Truman University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Timothy Clasby, conductor) – 7 March 2018
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) White Concert Band (Jamal Duncan, conductor) – 5 March 2018
Idaho State University (Pocatello) Civic Concert Band (Erin Armstrong, conductor) – 23 February 2018
California State University, Fresno, Symphonic Band (Jose Vargas, conductor) - 21 March 2014 (2014 Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)
Madera (Calif.) South High School Band (Jay Rossette, conductor) - 21 March 2014 (2014 Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)
Ely Junior High Band, Ely, Minnesota (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - April and May 2013
Knoxville All-School Band (Tim Varner, conductor) - May 2013
Mabry Middle School (Marietta, Ga.) Symphonic Band (Dan Welborn, conductor) – 19 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
(Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)

All Wind Works

Along an English Countryside (2012)
American Barndance (2009)
Andante and Tranquillo (as arranger) (1943/2009)
Angelic Festival (1998)
Antares (1999)
As Tears Fall on Dawn's New Light (2013)
Asian Folk Rhapsody (2001)
Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
At the End of the Rainbow (2016)
Awakening Hills (2003)
Beyond the Clouds and Into the Heavens (2013)
Bobbleheads! (2014)
Brick Street Encounter (2008)
A Brass Thing (as arranger) (2005/2007)
Cambrian Explosion (2010)
Caravan (as arranger) (1937/2000)
Carol of the Night (2003)
Celebrating My Three Best Friends (2016)
A Celtic Christmas
Chorale and Presto (2001)
Christmas Festival Overture
Cloud Dancing (2022)
Concerto No. 1 (2016)
Confluence (2010)
Copacabana (as arranger) (1978/2002)
Coventry Carol (as arranger) (2010)
Dashing Through the Snow (2005)
Dreamsong (2006)
Duelin' Xylos (as arranger) (1998)
Eagles Awake! (2017)
Earth, Wind and Fire in Concert (as arranger) (1996)
Everything for a Dream
Fanfare and Call to the Post (2014)
Fanfare for Justice (2018)
Fanfare for the Third Planet (2004)
Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
Fanfare to New Beginnings (2019)
Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber (as arranger) (1931/2005)
Fantasy on "Deck the Halls" (2019)
Fantasy on Keystone Chorale
Fantasy on an Irish Air (2001)
Finale to "Symphony No 3" (as arranger)
The Fives Prevail! (2013)
Flash in the Pan! (2014)
Flight of the Thunderbird (2004)
Forever Holding Close the Memories (2008)
French Carol Festival (as arranger) (2002)
Full Tilt (2008)
Funky, Rockin' Choo Choo (2011)
Georgian Court Fanfare (2008)
Grasshopper Dance (2008)
Groovee! (2010)
A Guide Along the Pathway (2011)
Heroes Near and Far (2016)
Hymn for the Cream and Crimson (2006)
Hymn to Loved Ones Lost (2016)
If It Were Easy... (2020)
Imagine (as arranger)
In Perfect Silence, I Often Gaze at the New Stars (2012)
In Search of Ancient Aliens (2020)
Incandescence (2012)
Interstellar Fanfare (2017)
Into Moonlight's Mist (2016)
Into the Clouds! (2007)
Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
An Irish Party in Third Class (as arranger) (1999)
Jubilancelation! (2017)
Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
Lady Marmalade (as arranger)
Legacy (2021)
Lodestar Fanfare (2020)
Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
Lord of the Dance (as arranger)
Lullaby From a Distant Star (2011)
The Lullaby in the Mirror (2017)
March of the Hyperion Robots (2010)
Meeting at Tyron Palace (2009)
Nightsong (2003)
Noel (as arranger) (2006)
Northwest Odyssey (2020)
Ode to Greensleeves (as arranger) (2002)
Of Gale Force Winds (2014)
On Cloud Nine! (2012)
On to the Next Frontier (2020)
One Hit Wonders (as arranger) (2002)
Poem Romantic No. 1 (2015)
Persistence (2004)
Pulsation (2009)
Purple Whispers (2014)
Quest for the Mountain Top
Regal Fanfare (2002)
Rendezvous With the Other Side (2003)
Rhythm Danse (2007)
(Risk) Everything for a Dream (2015)
(Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
Rondo for Band (1999)
Scherzo for Horn and Wind Ensemble (2021)
Scorpion! (2013)
Shooting Stars (2011)
Short Ride in a Fast Machine (as arranger) (1986/2006)
Silhouette of a Dream (2018)
Sky Dance (2010)
Smooth (as arranger)
Sneak Attack! (2011)
Snow Caps (2004)
Song and Dance (2006)
Song of the Gandy Dancers (2007)
Spirit of the Falcon (2003/2008)
Spy Ring (2017)
Sure on this Shining Night (as arranger)
Symphony No. 1 (2007)
Temecula Valley Fanfare (2008)
Theme and Fugue from "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" (as arranger) (2019)
Theme and Tirade (2009)
Three Trails Turning West (2020)
Through the Wormhole! (2019)
To All Things Left Behind (2018)
To Dance With Storm Clouds (2019)
To This Heartbeat There Is No End (2006)
Toccata Rhapsodic (2016)
Triumphant Fanfare (1997)
Ukrainian Bell Carol (as arranger) (1904/2004)
Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)
Valley Montage and Celebration (2015)
Walking into History (2009)
Waterdrops Come Spring (2017)
What a Wonderful World (as arranger)
When the Lovely Miss (as arranger) (2016)
Whirlwind(s) (2005)
Wind Dances (2018)
Windsprints (2003)
With Each Sunset (2005)

Resources

Saucedo, R. (2003). Awakening Hills [score]. Musicworks: Milwaukee, Wisc.