Dancing Day

Jim Colonna

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General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 4:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: BandTPublications/ Print Music Source
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00; (digital) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $17.00; (digital) - $15.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The driving dance movement occurs from the opening measures and continues through to the end. An extraordinary array of sonorities are explored throughout giving us a contemporary, yet highly enjoyable piece of symphonic band repertoire.

The work was commissioned in honor of the retirement of John Endahl, long-time director of the Lansing Concert Band, Michigan.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Texas: IV. Complete

Performances

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Austin (Tx.) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) – 31 March 2019
George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) Wind Ensemble (Robert Birch, conductor) – 21 October 2017
California State University, Fresno, Symphonic Band (Steven McKeithen, conductor) - 26 March 2017 (2017 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Scott Rabeler, conductor) – 15 November 2015
Utah Valley University (Orem) Wind Symphony (James Colonna, conductor) – 13 March 2012 (CBDNA 2012 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

America Forever March (as arranger) (2001)
Blue Midnight (2021)
Dancing Day (2013)
Danza con Gioia (2016)
Dreamscapes (2004)
Fanfare Antiphonal vox Gabrielli
Joshua's Shop of Miracles and Curiosities (2017)
Persistence of Time (2001)
Portraits (2000)
Seven (2009)
The Soaring Eagle (1997)
To Slip the Surly Bonds of Earth (2011)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Jim Colonna." Accessed 13 November 2015.
Jim Colonna website Accessed 14 March 2020