Boom Goes the Dynamite
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General Info
Year: 2023
Duration: c. 4:29
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Paul Dooley
Cost: Score and Parts - Available February 2024
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat (or C) Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Contra-Bass
Timpani
Percussion (5 players)
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Boom Goes the Dynamite (2023) was commissioned by a consortium of wind bands and individuals organized by Caroline Hand in honor of Thomas Caneva's 17 years of service and dedication to the Ball State University School of Music.
The comical catchphrase "Boom Goes The Dynamite" was coined in 2005 by a Ball State University student during an ill-fated sports broadcast, which quickly went viral on YouTube. An inexperienced operator had accidentally fast-forwarded through the broadcast script, forcing the young sportscaster to improvise and stumble his way through the show, live on air. This four-minute dark, yet playful, concerto for wind band recreates this frantic and terrifying experience using several driving phrygian rhythmic motives, with maracas, flexatone, triangles and cymbals providing a bright yet tense timbral counterpoint.
I was tremendously honored to compose this new work for my dear friend Tom Caneva. I cherish the numerous times I have been able to work with Tom and his wind ensemble at Ball State University. Their magically lyrical, spontaneous, clear and detail-oriented performances are a composer's dream.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Thomas Caneva, conductor) – 18 February 2023 (CBDNA 2023 National Conference, Athens, Ga.) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Boom Goes the Dynamite (2023)
- Canticles (2022)
- Circus Overture (as transcriber) (2015)
- Coast of Dreams (2014)
- Elytra (2022)
- Manifestos (2019)
- March Jubilee (2020/2022)
- Masks and Machines (2015)
- Masks and Machines (chamber instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Mavericks (2016)
- Meditation at Lagunitas (2014)
- Mondrian's Studio (2019)
- Point Blank (2010)
- Point Blank (Chamber instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Salt of the Earth (2012)
- The Spellbook (2019)
- Three Futurist Symphonies
- Velocity Festivals. See: Coast of Dreams
- Yellow Red Blue (2021)
Resources
- Paul Dooley website Accessed 20 January 2023