Cumberland Falls Overture

Brant Karrick

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 5:25
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $76.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Bongos
Cabasa
Chimes
Claves
Crash Cymbals
Marimba
Mark Tree
Ride Cymbal
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Take a trip down the "Niagara of the South" to Cumberland Falls in Kentucky with this beautiful work. The music builds as the river flows faster and stronger toward the falls. Several strains of Appalachian Spring are heard throughout, including an exhilarating incorporation of Simple Gifts. The powerful ending depicts the strength and might of one of nature's most amazing creations.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Lakota West High School Symphonic Winds (Phillip E. Chumley, conductor) – 2012

State Ratings

Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP I
Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
South Carolina: III
Tennessee: IV

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John's, NL, Can.) Wind Ensemble (Bill Brennan, conductor) - 20 October 2022
Pomona (Calif.) Concert Band (Kerry Kline, conductor) – 4 August 2016
Lakota West High School (West Chester, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Brant G. Karrick, conductor) – 16 December 2011 (2011 Midwest Clinic)
Scott High School Concert Band - 2009

Works for Winds by This Composer

African Dreams (2012)
Bayou Breakdown (2004)
Comet Flash (2019)
Companions on the Journey (2006/2008)
Country Gardens (as arranger) (1918/2013)
Cumberland Falls Overture (2008)
Dean Dowdy
The Dragoon's Farewell (1998)
Exuberance (2012)
Ghost Dancing (2012)
A Golden Celebration (2010)
Homeward Bound (as arranger) (1991/2009)
If I Should Go (2021)
In My Native Country (as arranger) (1886/1999)
J.S. Jig (2008)
The Journey (2009)
Mambo Furioso (2001/2006)
Memor Vita! (2010)
The Old Red Mill (2010)
Photo Finish! (2007)
Quirks (2012)
Reluctant Joys (as arranger) (2020)
Runway Five (2014)
A Sacred Suite (2006)
See Rock City (2011)
Shannon Lake (2002/2003)
Slumber, My Darling (as arranger) (1862/2006)
Songs of Old Kentucky (2007)
Spy Chase (2005)
They Shall Run and Be Free (2009)
Unbridled Spirit!
Vanity Fair (as transcriber) (2006)
Vital Signs (2019)
When Hearts Tremble (2017)
With Visions of Tomorrow (2013)
With Wind and Water (2018)
Wondrous (2015)

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