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Celebration!
General Info
Year: 1975 / 2019
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00 | Score Only (print) - $18.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II-III
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Castanets
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (medium)
- Roto-Toms
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tenor Drum
- Timbales (4)
- Triangle
- Whip
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The years leading to the U.S. Bicentennial (1976) saw a great flowering of artistic celebration, including the commissioning of American composers to write festive works for the occasion. The Nashville Symphony and its conductor Thor Johnson asked Adolphus Hailstork for such a work to premiere, and to distribute the music at no cost to high school orchestras around the United States. The present version for band followed as a natural offshoot of the infectiously exhilarating three-minute work.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (George Vosburgh, conductor) - 11 February 2023
- Central Washington University (Ellensburg) Wind Ensemble (T. André Feagin, conductor) - 27 October 2022
- 2022 Pride Bands Alliance (Chicago, Ill.) Blue Band (Kyle Rhoades, conductor) - 29 May 2022
- Florida State University (Tallahassee) Wind Orchestra (Devon Moore, conductor) - 20 April 2022
- Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (Jacksonville, Fla.) Wind Symphony (Ted Shistle, conductor) – 24 February 2022 (CBDNA 2022 Southern Conference, Columbia, S.C.)
- Roosevelt University (Chicago, Ill.) CCPA Wind Ensemble (Stephen Squires, conductor) - 16 February 2022
- University of Louisville (Ky.) Symphonic Band (Amy Acklin, conductor) - 20 February 2022
- Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) Wind Ensemble (Gary A. Speck, conductor) - 22 November 2021
- University of North Florida (Jacksonville) Concert Band (Erin Bodnar, conductor) - 13 October 2020
- University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Symphony (Stephen D. Davis, conductor) – 13 February 2020
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville Wind Symphony (Brian Shelton, conductor) – February 2010
Works for Winds by This Composer
- American Fanfare, An
- American Guernica (1982/2008)
- American Guenica (ed. Levine) (1982/2021)
- And Deliver Us from Evil
- Celebration! (1975/2019)
- Fanfare on "Amazing Grace" (tr. Patterson) (2011/)
- New Wade'n Water (2000)
- Norfolk Pride
- Out of the Depths (1974)
- Queen Ceremonial
- Scherzo from "Symphony No. 3" (tr. Cannon) (2003/)
- Spiritual (1984)
- Starburst
Resources
- Adolphus Hailstork website Accessed 13 February 2020
- Hailstork, A. [2019] (1975). Celebration! [score]. Theodore Presser Co.: King of Prussia, Penn.
- The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 344.
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 75/4 (February/March, 2021), p. 29-30.