Crossings, The

Robert Sheldon

Robert Sheldon

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C L Barnhouse Company
Cost: Score & Parts - $45.00   |   Score Only - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

• Bass Drum
• Cymbals (crash and suspended)
• Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A brief maestoso introduction leads into an energetic allegro in the distinctive Robert Sheldon style. You will be totally amazed at the rewards from this outstanding Robert Sheldon original. A true classic piece for the youngest of bands.

The Crossings was commissioned by the Conway School Elementary Bands, St. Louis, Missouri, Rick Dammers, director.

Program Note from Publisher Web-site

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
• West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)

All Wind Works

• African Adventure (2011)
• An American Hymntune (as arranger) (2004)
• Appalachian Legacy (1995)
• Appalachian Morning (2008)
• Armenian Anthem (2003)
• Art in the Park (2008)
• As Twilight Falls (2011)
• As a Wind from the North (2006)
• An Australian Sea Ballad (2007)
• An Austrian Carol (2012)
• Awakened Like the Morn (2005)
• Barrier Reef (2002)
• Basque Rhapsody
• A Bayside Portrait (1984)
• Bellefonte Overture (2006)
• Bermuda Triangle, The (2006)
• Beyond the Higher Skies (1999)
• Beyond the Riverbend (2013)
• Big Brass on Patrol (2004)
• Big Sky Round-Up (2011)
• Black Is the Color... (2009)
• Blaze of Glory (2003)
• Blessed Legacy (as arranger) (2019)
• The Blue Ridge (as arranger) (2017)
• Bounty Hunter from "Advent Rising" (2005/2006)
• Bright Auroral Skies
• Bright Lights! (2015)
• Bristol Bay Legend (1988)
• Brule River Celebration (2002)
• By the River's Edge (2020)
• Canadian Ballad (as arranger) (2010)
• Cape Fear Chronicles (1997)
• A Carol Francais (as arranger) (2016)
• A Carol of Two Mangers (as arranger) (2005)
• Cataclysm (2018)
• Celebration and Song (2009)
• Cellular Symphony (2005)
• The Celts of County Clare (2021)
• Century Point (1998)
• Chanteys (2000)
• Charleston Harbor Celebration (2007)
• Chiaroscuro (2002)
• A Child's Lullaby (2017)
• Children of Gaia (2015)
• Chimney Rock Celebration (2017)
• Choreography (2009)
• A Christmas Couplet (as arranger) (2004)
• Christmastimes Three (as arranger) (2002)
• Cimarron Fanfare (2016)
• Coldwater Creek (1996)
• Commemoration Overture (2013)
• The Common Denominator (2013)
• Commonwealth (2021)
• Construction Zone (2010)
• Continental Divide (2010)
• Conundrum (2008)
• The Corsair's Landing (1991)
• Crazy for Cartoons (2011)
• Crest of Nobility (1989)
• Crossing the Rubicon (2020)
• The Crossings (1999)
• Dances of a Shimmering Spirit (2020)
• Dances of Serenity (2017)
• Danse Celestiale (1989)
• Danzas Cubanas (2010)
• Daydreams (2013)
• Der Lehrmeister (2017)
• Divertimento (1976)
• Dorian Dreamscape (2004)
• Eagle Mountain Overture (1990)
• Edifice (2014)
• El Rey de Fransia (as arranger) (2003)
• El Taco Picante (2017)
• Falcon Lake Overture (2004)
• Fall River Overture (1981)
• Fanfare and Festival (2020)
• Fanfare and Intermezzo (1998)
• Fantasy on an Early American Marching Tune (2008)
• The Final Voyage (2003)
• The Fires of Bandai (2014)
• Flight of the Piasa (2008)
• Flowing Stream (2018)
• Four Winds (1993)
• From Glen to Glen (2022)
• Garden of the Black Rose (2001)
• Gently Touch the Sky (2001)
• Gently, I Wander (2017)
• Ghost Fleet (2001)
• Glorious Insurrection (2020)
• Golden Panther March (2005/2021)
• Halo Theme (as arranger) (2001/2006)
• Harbinger (2015)
• Hawkeye Overture (2017/2019)
• Hill Country Holiday (2001)
• Holiday Bobsled Run (2013)
• Holiday Sleigh Ride (2003)
• Holiday Snippets (as arranger) (2009)
• Holidays on Parade (as arranger) (2008)
• Hues of Blue (2015)
• Iberian Escapades (2009)
• Images (1994)
• In the Center Ring (2003)
• In the Shining of the Stars (1996)
• In This Quiet Place (2003)
• Incandescent Sky (2019)
• Infinite Horizons (2001)
• Integrity (2007)
• Intrada for Winds (1983)
• Intrepid Journey (2015)
• An Irish Air (2006)
• Irish Ballade, An (2003)
• Jolly Rockin' Nicholas (as arranger) (2015)
• A Joyful Journey (2002)
• Korobochka (2003)
• Lake County Landscapes (2015)
• A Lantern in the Window (1998)
• Legend of Starved Rock (1996)
• Let Evening Come (2000)
• Lindbergh Variations (1991)
• Lion's Gate (2019)
• Lone Eagle (2020)
• A Longford Legend (1999)
• The Lords of Greenwich (2010)
• Lost Colony (1994)
• Lost in Mammoth Cave (2006)
• Lydian Lullaby (2006)
• Manatee Lyric Overture (1986)
• Maqamat (1974/2005/2021)
• March Ceremonial (2005)
• March Mixolydian (2005)
• March of the Hyperion Guards (2014)
• March of the Majestics (2004)
• Mark of Triumph (1985)
• Melody Park (2014)
• The Message on the Rock (2004)
• Metrix (2011)
• Metroplex (2006)
• Mills on the Merrimack (2015)
• The Monster Under the Bed (2005)
• Moon Rocks (2016)
• Moravian Folk Rhapsody (2004/2008)
• Morning Mist (2012)
• A Most Wonderful Christmas (as arranger) (1934/2006)
• The Mystery of Duffy's Cut (2007)
• Mystic Journey (2004)
• Noel Francais (2003)
• Northwest Rising (1999)
• Ocean Ridge Rhapsody (1989)
• Ode to Joy (as arranger) (2013)
• Of Distant Peaks (2012)
• Of Kindred Spirit (1997)
• On Placid Seas (2015)
• Once the Man (2005)
• One Thousand Cranes (2010)
• Open Road (2013)
• Oracles of the Sirocco (2018)
• Overdrive (2015)
• Overture to a New Horizon (2014)
• Palimpsest (2003)
• Paragon (2005)
• The Parting Glass (2023)
• Patriotic Salute (2003)
• Patriotic Snippets (2008)
• Pevensey Castle (1993)
• Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
• The Phantom of Dark Hollow (2006)
• Phrygian Phantasy (2003)
• Piedmont Festival Overture (2016)
• The Pilgrimage (2011)
• The Pioneer's Passage (2000)
• The Pioneers (2010)
• Pop Culture (as arranger) (2007)
• Power the Earth (2019)
• Praeludium and Dance (2008)
• A Prairie Portrait (2006)
• Prairiescape (1996)
• Prelude on an Old English Hymn (2000)
• Presto! (2014)
• Prevail! (2018)
• Pride of the Grenadiers (2005)
• Pursuit of the Centaur (2016)
• Quest of the Knights Templar (2011)
• Quixotic Episode (2002)
• The Red Covered Bridge (2014)
• Red Rock Canyon (1994)
• Reflections on a New Tomorrow (2012)
• Renaissance Fair (2017)
• Requiem to a Land Forgotten (2007)
• Resurgences (2013)
• Rhapsodic Celebration (2011)
• Ritmico! (2001)
• River Trail Expedition (2011)
• River of Grass (2020)
• Riverside Overture (2019)
• Rock Island Trail (2002)
• Rock That Bach! (as arranger) (2012)
• Rock This Band! (2019)
• Royal March (2012)
• Sag Harbor Sunset (2011)
• Sandcastle Sketches (1987)
• Savannah River Rhapsody (2012)
• A Scandinavian Folk Tale (2003)
• A Scottish Ballade (2004)
• Serenade (2015)
• Shadows of the Equinox (2012)
• Shenandoah (as arranger) (2003)
• Shenanigans (2009)
• Sugar Creek Overture (2007)
• The Siege of Harlech Castle 2012)
• Silver Spring Soliloquy (1992)
• A Simple Celebration (2001)
• Sixty-Six (2023)
• Skydance (2018)
• Snow Globe (2010)
• Sonatina (2016)
• A Song of Hanukkah (as arranger) (2017)
• Sound Innovations Fanfare (2010)
• South Shore Soliloquy (2019)
• Southampton March (2017)
• Southwest Saga (1987)
• Spirit Lake Overture (1991)
• The Spirit of Killian Hill (2007)
• The Spirit of Thanksgiving (as arranger) (2014)
• Spontaneous Combustion (2011)
• Spoon River (as arranger) (1991)
• Star Bright (2018)
• Stately Dances (2015)
• Storm Warning! (2014)
• The Stormchasers (2012)
• Storybrook Mountain (1998)
• Sugar Creek Overture (2007)
• The Swords of Stavanger (2009)
• A Symphonic Celebration (2019)
• A Symphonic Narrative (1992)
• Symphonic Suite from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (as arranger) (2005)
• Synergies (2008)
• Tales of Dundee (2005)
• Tango Argentina (2016)
• There Will Come Soft Rains (2007)
• Three Carols for a Celebration (as arranger) (2007)
• Three Georgian Vignettes (2008)
• Three Miniatures for Winds and Percussion (2005)
• Tidings! (as arranger) (Traditional/2022)
• Timberline Overture (2003)
• Tirade
• To Conquer the Skies (2004)
• To a Wild Rose (as arranger) (2014)
• Travelin' Music (as arranger) (2016)
• Triumph of the Argonauts (2014)
• A Ukrainian Christmas (as arranger) (2017)
• Uptown Strut (2013)
• Variants on a Sea Shanty (as arranger) (2014)
• Variants on a Union Hymn (2005)
• Velocity (2009)
• Visions of Flight (1990)
• Voices from the Battlefield (1995)
• Walking Tune (as arranger) (2020)
• Wallaby Walkabout (2003)
• Welsh Ayres and Dances (as arranger) (2003)
• West Highlands Sojourn (1993)
• West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)
• Willow Grove (1992)
• Winds of Morocco (2001)
• Windward Overture (2016)
• With Every Sunrise (2016)
• A Woodland Celebration (2021)
• A Yiddish Lullaby (as arranger) (2012)

Resources

• Robert Sheldon website Accessed 3 September 2021