Credo

William Owens

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II (optional Piccolo)
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpets I-II
F Horn
Trombones I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

Bar Chimes
Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbals
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Bold and declarative, this work is based on the Latin word for “I believe.” Lightly inspired by musical settings of the ancient Nicene Creed, the music begins subdued, yet quickly blossoms into a bold harmonic statement as melodies subtly pass through a series of instrumental amalgams. The subsequent allegro, largely characterized by engaging harmonies and hemiolic rhythms, offers a grand array of sounds and tonal textures as the music drives toward the electrifying finish.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Shadow Ridge Middle School Honors Winds (Chris Meredith, conductor)

State Ratings

Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III

Performances

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Shadow Ridge (Tex.) Middle School Honor Winds (Chris Meredith, conductor) – 19 December 2012 (2012 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)

All Wind Works

Across the Great Plains (2017)
Albany Fanfare (2011)
Battle Command
The Blue Orchid (2005)
But Joy Comes... (2010)
Captain Dane (2003)
Carnegie Anthem (2012)
Carpathia (2007)
Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Caverns of Sonora (2019)
Chisholm
Congolese (2017)
Corps of Discovery (2010)
Courtlandt County Festival (2004)
Credo (2012)
Curtain Up!
Declaration and Dance (Owens) (2010)
Destined to Fly (2018)
Egyptique (2010)
El Pato Loco (2010)
El Vaquero! (2017)
Every Day New (2018)
Excelsior! (2008)
Festive Proclamation (2015)
Flourishes! (2019)
Flourishes! (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
Great Wall (2016)
Hark! (A Holiday Celebration) (As arranger)
Heavenwards (2015)
Heroes Triumphant (2012)
Hopak! (2014)
In Autumn (2009)
Ironclads (The Monitor and the Merrimack) (2012)
Journey of the Bonfire (2017)
Jupiter (as arranger) (1916/2006)
Kitty Hawk, 1903 (2010)
Maesong (2004)
Mars (as arranger) (1916/2009)
The Mighty 97th (2008)
New Horizons March (2016)
Paintings (2011)
Paradise Awaiting... (2017)
Quicksilver (2018)
Resplendence (2017)
The Southern Dawn (1998/2002)
Spit-Fire (2013)
Summit Fanfare (2008)
The Tahoka Galop (2004)
Tambora! ((2013)
Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
Three Scottish Vistas (2007)
Tudor Sketches (2013)
Tundra (2018)
The Wings of Mercury
With Valor and Brave Heart (2011)
Yonaguska (2016)
Zia (2014)

Resources

Perusal score
William Owens website Accessed 29 August 2021