Contempo

Michael Story

Michael Story

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General Info

Year: 2004
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $57.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

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
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Tom-Tom
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Contempo was commissioned by the James W. Robinson Middle School Bands of Fairfax, Virginia, and was premiered in the spring of 2004.

- Program Note from score

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class D
• Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP II
• Louisiana: II
• Maryland: II
• South Carolina: II
• Texas: II. Complete
• West Virginia: II

Performances

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• Alpine (Tex.) High School (Chuck Wilson, conductor) – 7 May 2016
• Legacy High School (North Las Vegas, Nev.) Symphonic Band – Fall 2014

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Christmas Holiday March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)

All Wind Works

• 25 or 6 to 4 (as arranger)
• And to All a Good Night (2004)
• Astronomica (2020)
• Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Aztec Dance (1997)
• Barnburner (2017)
• Batman Theme, The (as arranger)
• Best of the West! (as arranger) (2018)
• Bruno Mars Four-Pack (as arranger) (2016/2019)
• Carnaval de Brasil (2000)
• Cartoon Christmas, A (as arranger)
• Chant de Noël (as arranger) (2016)
• The Chase
• A Christmas Celebration (1985)
• Christmas Holiday March (2020)
• Contempo (2004)
• Creepy Crawlies (1999)
• Curse of Tutankhamun, The (2001)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
• Dragon Dance (2010)
• España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/2008)
• Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger) (1918/2014)
• Fum, Fum, Fum (2010)
• Ghost Ship (2012)
• Good King Nutcracker (as arranger)
• Graduation Suite (as arranger) (2002)
• Holiday Short Cuts for Beginning Band (as arranger) (1948/2015)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (as arranger)
• Highlights from "The Wizard of Oz" (as arranger)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)
• It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (arr Story) (as arranger)
• Jingle Bell Rock (as arranger) (1957/2001)
• Land of the Thunder Dragon (as arranger) (2019)
• Livin' la Vida Loca (as arranger)
• Macarena (as arranger) (2014)
• The Magic of Harry Potter (as arranger) (2013)
• Mama Paquita (as arranger) (2016)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (as arranger)
• March of the Dwarfs (as arranger) (1891/2014)
• Medieval Dance (as arranger) (2015)
• Nautical Bits and Pieces (as arranger) (2014)
• Once upon a December (as arranger) (1997)
• Oregon Trail, The (1999)
• Pavane (as arranger) (1899/2015)
• Pax Americana (2019)
• Pentagram (2016)
• Pioneer Spirit, The
• Plaza de Toros
• Pyramid of the Sun (2013)
• Sakura (1995)
• Salute to Glenn Miller (as arranger)
• Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (as arranger) (1884/2010)
• Selections from the "Star Wars" Saga (as arranger) (1977/2006)
• Shenandoah (arr. Smith and Story) (2003)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 4 (as arranger) (2014/2016)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 5 (as arranger) (2012/2018)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – #1 (as arranger) (1960/2012)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – #2 (as arranger) (1981/2013)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – #3 (as arranger) (1966/2014)
• Shut Up and Dance (as arranger) (2014/2015)
• Sketches of Canada (as arranger) (2015)
• Sleigh Ride (as arranger)
• Spoon River (as arranger) (1922/2014)
• Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as arranger) (1830/2016)
• The Tell-Tale Heart (2011)
• To Honor, Thank and Remember (2002)
• Variations on a Civil War Tune (2016)
• The Wabash Cannonball (as arranger) (1904/1987)
• Wade in the Water
• The Washington Post (as arranger) (1889/1998)
• Zombie Dance (2017)

Resources

• Story, M. (2004). Contempo [score]. Belwin Mills: [s.l.]