Blue and Green Music

Samuel Hazo

Samuel Hazo

General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 4:51
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00   |   Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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
String Bass
Synthesizer
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chimes
• Glockenspiel
• Suspended Cymbal
• Vibraphone
• Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The stunning artwork of Georgia O'Keeffe is no more apparent than in her famous 1921 painting entitled Blue and Green Music. Fittingly commissioned by the Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (O'Keeffe's birthplace), Samuel Hazo does an amazing job of portraying subtle as well as bold colors into musical terms. Based on a single theme that is manipulated and varied throughout, the piece progresses from delicate mallet percussion effects up to climactic impact points for the entire ensemble. O'Keeffe explained her idea that “music could be translated into something for the eye.”

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: Cross Timbers Middle School Honor Band (Asa Burk, conductor) - 2011

State Ratings

• Louisiana: III
• Maryland: IV
• Texas: III. Complete

Performances

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• University of Louisville (Ky.) Concert Band (Jason Cumberledge, conductor) - 27 February 2023
• Michigan State University (East Lansing) Campus Band (Arris Golden, conductor) - 24 February 2023
• Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville) Wind Symphony (John Bell, conductor) - 2 December 2021
• McClellan College (Waco, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Jon Conrad, conductor) - 30 November 2020
• Lincoln Middle School (Santa Monica, Calif.) Wind Symphony (Salvador Muñoz, conductor) - 22 February 2020 (2020 CASMEC Conference, Fresno)
• Colorado Wind Ensemble (Highlands Ranch) (David Kish, conductor) – 16 December 2018
• Westbrook (Me.) High School Band (Kyle Smith, conductor) – 8 November 2018
• St. Helens (Ore.) High School Wind Ensemble (Noelle Freshner, conductor) - 11 May 2018
• Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Varsity Band (James Fritz, conductor) – 18 April 2018
• Concordia University (Seward, Neb.) Symphonic Band (Andrew Schultz, conductor) – 17 October 2017
• Mesa Verde Middle School Select Ensemble - 2013
• Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 20 October 2013
• Hanford (Calif.) High School Concert Band (Janet Levine, conductor) - 15 March 2013 (2013 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.))
• Cross Timbers Middle School (Grapevine, Tx.) Honors Band (Asa Burk, conductor) – 15 December 2011 (2011 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)

All Wind Works

• Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
• Alleluia (2012)
• Arabesque (2008/2009)
• Arrows (2014)
• As Winds Dance (2003)
• Autumn on White Lake (2010)
• Blessings
• Blue and Green Music (2011)
• Books With Blank Pages (2015)
• Bridges (2007)
• Chorus Angelorum (2009)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
• The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
• Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
• Diamond Fanfare (2006)
• Drums of the Saamis (2014)
• Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
• Echoes (2005)
• Enchanted Spaces (2012)
• Everything Beautiful (2015)
  • The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
• Exultate (2001/2003)
• Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
• For Heaven and the Future (2016)
• From Gold (2015)
• Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
  • Rivers (2002)
  • Ascend (2005)
• Glorificare (2013)
• ...Go (2008)
• Hennepin County Dawn. See: Minnesota Portraits
• In Flight (2000/2008)
• In Heaven's Air (2002)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
• Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
• Keltic Variations (2003)
• Minnesota Portraits (2008)
  • Hennepin County Dawn
  • Rest
  • Across the Halfpipe
• Mountain Thyme (2013)
• Novo Lenio (2002)
• Olympiada (1997/2002)
• Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
• Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
• Parkour (2011)
• Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
• Psalm 42 (2004)
• The Quest (2002)
• Rest. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ride (2002)
• Rising Star (2006)
• Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
• Rush (2006)
• Seconds Out (2013)
• Sevens (2005)
• Siorai September (2011)
• Sky Is Waiting (2006)
• Sòlas Ané (2006)
• Southern Hymn (2009)
• Stella Maris (2014)
• The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
• Their Blossoms Down (2002)
• Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
• To Be (2019)
• Today Is the Gift (2006)
• Voices of the Sky (2005)
• We Meet Again (2010)
• Whisper to their Souls (2008)
• A Zillion Nickels (2015)

Resources

• Hazo, S. (2011). Blue and Green Music [score]. Hal Leonard Corp.: Milwaukee, Wisc.
• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Samuel Hazo." Accessed 22 April 2015.