Beyond the Ridge
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 1:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
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-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Bells
- Brake Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Ride Cymbal
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Beyond the Ridge is a piece about entering a new era in one’s life. The work was commissioned by the Canyon Ridge Middle School Honor Band for their performance at The Midwest Clinic in 2014.
The work is a short, punchy fanfare in three parts highlighting each segment of the band. The piece presents a soaring theme in the brass, which is then passed around to the other sections of the band The exultancy you will hear in the music represents the overwhelming joy one feels when entering into an exciting time; the outset of such journeys in life always hold the promise of new and rewarding adventures.
-Program Note from the Canyon Ridge Middle School Honor Band concert program, 19 December 2014
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class B
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson University Band (Jeremy Smith, conductor) - 22 March 2023
- Canyon Ridge Middle School (Austin, Tx.) Honor Band (Amy Alison, conductor) – 19 December 2014 (2014 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Beyond the Ridge (2014)
- Chasing Prisms (2013)
- Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble (2013)
- Detour (2013)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist. December 2016, 41.
- Perusal score