Breakthrough (Grant)
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration: c. 3:25
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Tyler S. Grant, through Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Chimes
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Low Tom
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Roadblocks and creative barriers are just a part of the job as a composer. Such can be said for anyone in any demanding profession, discipline, sport, or activity. I’ve often heard these barriers serve several purposes. They give us an opportunity to look at challenges with a new and fresh perspective. Most importantly, they create signature marks on us that shape who we are and impact our lives in a profound and meaningful way. Breakthrough was written to portray the determination of those who invest their heart and soul into something meaningful and worthwhile. It celebrates the act of achieving one's goal while also highlighting the challenges and obstacles along the way.
Breakthrough was commissioned by the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association and premiered by the 2022 NSBA 8th Grade All-State Band in Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Atlanta (Ga.) Wind Symphony (David Kehler, conductor) - 19 March 2023
- Allen (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Philip A. Obado, conductor) - 20 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Downtown Strut (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
All Wind Works
- Along the Beaches of Normandy (2009)
- Anthem of an Era (2013)
- Ash & Stone (2019)
- ...at Twilight (2014)
- Banner of the Sky (2018)
- Banshee of the Badlands (2019)
- The Best of Rooms (as arranger) (1963/2017)
- Breakthrough (2022)
- Castle Gate, 1924 (2012)
- Chant and Fire Ritual (2011)
- Downtown Strut (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Epic Venture (2015)
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Ergo (2022)
- Fanfare for 'Our Time' (2020)
- Fanfare for Athena (2020)
- Fanfare for the Gold (2023)
- From the Concord Chronicles (2016)
- Ghosts of the Lost Ship (2014)
- Hope Rising (2022)
- Housetop Holiday Jam! (as arranger) (2011)
- Illustrations (2013)
- Miles in the Sky (2015)
- Mission: Apollo (2015)
- Now & Forever March (2023)
- Paceline (2018)
- Pacific Grooves (2022)
- Panoramic Fanfare (2014)
- Panoramic Landscapes (2015)
- Prevailing Fire
- Resplendent Light (2016)
- River Poem (2019)
- The Sacred Spheres (2021)
- Shimmering Joy (2018)
- Solace in the Equinox (2017)
- Sweet Dreams (2022)
- Tale of the Sword
- Terminal Velocity (2014)
- Winds of Celebration (2012)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Tyler Grant website Accessed 13 December 2022