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Christmas in Spain
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Kevin Day Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
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
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Sleigh Bells
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
- m.39-44: Concert Dbs should all be D naturals
Program Notes
Christmas in Spain is my first concert band piece written specifically for young concert bands, and I actually had a lot of fun writing this. I composed it on fall break after coming home to rest for a few days. I was literally doing nothing when the idea for the piece came to me, and I began composing and finished the piece in a matter of a few hours.
The composition has a Latin flair is simplistic enough to still be memorable and enjoyable. It also has elements of Frank Ticheli's San Antonio Dances, which is a piece I loved playing euphonium in when I was in junior high band. The piece is a bout Spain during Christmastime and the wonderful lights, ceremonies and traditions of the country. I have never been to Spain personally, but I've always been fascinated by Spanish culture and its musical influences, and I have enjoyed playing and listening to it. The music is very energetic, moving and fun, and I've sought to convey that feeling into the piece.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- North Idaho College (Coeur d'Alene) Wind Symphony (Bryan Hannaford, conductor) - 11 December 2022
- Watsonville (Calif.) Community Band (Brad Gronroos, conductor) - 9 December 2022
- National Concert Band of America (Washington, D.C.) (Adrian Holton, conductor) - 5 December 2021
- University of Hawai'i at Manoa Concert Band (Adam Kehl, conductor) – 12 December 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2016/2020)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2022)
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2018/2020)
- A Hymn for Peace (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2022)
- Rocketship! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- All the Day Long (2017)
- Aurora (arr. Trentadue) (2021/2023)
- Christmas in Spain (2016)
- Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble (2018)
- Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2021)
- Dancing Fire (2016)
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2016/2020)
- Deep Blue (2022)
- Dual Strides (2022)
- Ecstatic Samba (arr. Trentadue) (2017/2022)
- Ember Skies (2021)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2022)
- enter data sequence (arr. Trentadue) (2022)
- The Essence of Being (arr. Trentadue) (2021/2022)
- Fantasia for Alto Sax and Marimba (2016)
- Fireworks (2015)
- Galactic Voyage (2018)
- Ignition (2018/2020)
- Havana (2018)
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2018/2020)
- A Hymn for Peace (2017)
- A Hymn for Peace (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- J.R. (2017)
- Lightning Round (2022)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2022)
- Metallic Figures
- More than Words... (2020)
- Night Sketches I (2016)
- Nitrous (2020)
- On Shores of Endless Sea (2022)
- Pyrotechnics (2019)
- Requiem for the Unarmed (2020/2022)
- River Memoria (2022)
- Rocketship! (2017)
- Rocketship! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Shimmering Sunshine (2019). See also: Of Day and Night
- Solace in the Wind (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2023)
- A Song for Tomorrow (2019)
- Summit (2020)
- Tango Oscuro (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2022)
- Unquiet Waters (2020/2023)
- Windborne (2022)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 309.
- Kevin Day website Accessed 13 January 2021