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Blue Sky Day
Contents
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Cornet (in Bb) I-II-III
Trumpet (in Bb)I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Sandpaper blocks
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Timpani
- Tom-toms
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Nothing beats waking up in the morning, stepping outside and finding that there isn’t a cloud in the sky. Such great promise is held in a blue sky day. This work hopefully reflects the optimism embodied in this somewhat innocent phrase.
Program note by Timothy Mahr
Blue Sky Day was commissioned for the 2005 North Dakota All-State Band by the North Dakota National Band Association, and the North Dakota Music Educators Association.
Commercial Discography
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Dakota (Bismarck) Wind Ensemble (James Popejoy, conductor) – 8 October 2019
- Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Jason H. Ham, conductor) – 21 April 2016
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Adoramus Te, Christe (as arranger)
- All Hail the Power
- Appalachian Folk Dream (2016)
- Argentum
- Blue Sky Day (2004)
- Bridge Square March (2005)
- Bright Side (2015/2018)
- Carolina Folk Dream
- Daydream (1989)
- Dig Down Deep (2013)
- Endurance (1991)
- Etched in Stone (2018)
- Everyday Hero
- Fanfare and Grand March
- Fantasia in G (1982)
- Festivals
- Flourish
- GF Redux: "It's Yours" from A Jack Stamp Suite
- Hey!
- Hymn and Celebration
- Imagine, if You Will (2013)
- Imagining Peace (2018)
- Immigrant Dreams
- Imprints
- Inaugural Dances
- Into the Air! (1998)
- Mighty March, A
- Mountain Prayers (2006)
- Mourning Dances
- Mr. Kallman (2019)
- Noble Element
- Passages (1984)
- Quiet Place To Think, A
- The Soaring Hawk
- Sol Solator
- Spring Divertimento (1992)
- Suite for Band (2014)
- Symphony No. 1 (2016)
- Uncle Lumpy's Garage
- Urgent Voices (2020)
- View from the Mountaintop
- When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers
Resources
- Mahr, T. (2009). Blue Sky Day [score]. Neil A. Kjos Music: San Diego, Calif.
- Perusal score
- Timothy Mahr website
