Dancefares
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 5:35
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Blue Dot Collective
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $155.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Piccolo Trumpet
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Agogo Bells
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Cowbell
- Egg Shaker
- Flexatone
- Glockenspiel
- Hi-hat
- Kick Drum
- Marimba
- Sandpaper Blocks
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Whip
- Xylophone
Errata
In score and parts:
- Glockenspiel, m. 156: Entrance should have a treble clef in front of it.
- Percussion I (Xylophone, Marimba): The Clef should be treble, not percussion.
Program Notes
Dancefares is a piece about “earworms,” little musical fragments that get stuck in our heads and won’t dislodge themselves no matter what. Most of the musical material in Dancefares is based on the infectious little opening motive which pervades the piece from beginning to end. Throughout the piece, you may hear references to well-known popular songs (well, one in particular).
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the SC Chapter of the CBDNA, Dr. Doug Presley, President.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Cleveland State University (Ohio) Alumni & Friends Band (Birch Browning, conductor) - 5 October 2023
- Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Va.) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Robblee, conductor) - 15 April 2023
- Laurier University (Waterloo, Ont. Can.) Wind Ensemble (Jessica Kun, conductor) - 29 October 2021
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (Betsy McCann, conductor) – 3 March 2020
- Cleveland State University (Ohio) Symphonic Band (Birch Browning, conductor) – 27 February 2020
- University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Ensemble (Chad R. Nicholson, conductor) – 29 November 2018
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Concert Band (Arris Golden, conductor) – 28 November 2018
- North Dakota State University (Fargo) Wind Symphony (Warren Olfert, conductor) – 1 March 2018
- Indiana University (Bloomington) Symphonic Band (Eric M. Smedley, conductor) – 24 February 2018 (CBDNA 2018 North Central Conference, Kalamazoo, Mich.)
- Wheaton (Ill.) Municipal Band (Bruce Moss, conductor) - 21 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Agua Nocturna (2010)
- And Can It Be (2009)
- Black Bolt! (2012)
- Blues for a Squirrel in the Rain (2019)
- Bock Fanfares (2013)
- Burning Music (2011)
- Chamber Concerto No. 1 (2012)
- Concertino Caboclo (2012)
- Dancefares (2016)
- Deep Calls to Deep (2016)
- The Exultant Heart (2016)
- Ford's Machine (2011)
- The Grand Processional of Our Reptilian Overlords (2019)
- He Who Would Valiant Be (2010)
- Heavy Weather (2012)
- I Know Moonrise (2019)
- If I Am to Leave... See: Symphony No. 1
- In Light, Accessible... (2015)
- The King of Love, My Shepherd Is (2004)
- Last Dances of Prospero (2009)
- Light Beyond Shadow (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- Like a River Glorious (2008)
- Lullaby for Leaving (2021)
- Lullaby from "Memorial to Silent Voices" (2011)
- Lux Veritas,
- Moonstruck Possum Trot (2013)
- The Mountain Whippoorwill (2011)
- Noche Triste (2013)
- Nocturne Under a Red Moon (2013)
- Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt (2017)
- Nuclear Family (2014)
- Oh, What a Morning! (2013)
- Paens for Brass Quintet (2009)
- Reanimations (2014)
- Red Rover (2019)
- Rumpelstilzchen (2010)
- The Seventh Degree of Freedom
- Symphony No. 1 (2019)
- Through the Looking Glass (2008)
- Urban Etudes for Double String Quartet and Brass Quintet (2009)
- You'll Come Matilda (Endlessly Waltzing) (2015)
Resources
- Jess Langston Turner website Accessed 15 December 2017
- Perusal score