Dancing in Rain
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 7:10
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Allen Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $85.00 | Score Only - $18.000
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Claves
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- High Woodblock
- Crotales
- Marimba
- Metal Wind Chimes
- Snare Drum
- Bass Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Dancing in Rain was commissioned for the Belle Vernon Area High School Symphonic Band, Pennsylvania, Mark Surovchak, conductor, in 2009 and serves as a follow-up to Dancing in Air, which was written for the University of North Texas Concert Band.
Minimalist compositional techniques are cast across the full wind band palette, presenting layers of sparse rhythm and sound. Over this, simple melodic ideas are extended over spans of time. The listener may choose to observe the work’s title to give meaning to the sound. Alternatively, he or she may simply allow the sound to wash over the ear and let the experience wash over the imagination.
- Program note by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Orchestra concert program, 17 November 2012
The timpani sounds the thunder at the beginning of this precipitous work. The raindrops can almost be felt as the ensemble passes the staccato themes around the stage while other instruments are dancing in between the drops. Dancing in Rain is a dramatic composition with a hint of frivolity that reflects the joy of playing together again.
- Program Note from Laurier University Wind Ensemble concert program - 29 October 2021
Media
- Audio: Sample download; ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Claughton Middle School Symphonic Band (Ogechi Ukazu, conductor) - 2011
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (William Staub, conductor) - 29 September 2023
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Orchestra (Xiuyuan Qiu, conductor) – 20 May 2023
- Washington State University (Pullman) Symphonic Band (Troy Bennefield, conductor) - 5 October 2022
- Laurier University (Waterloo, Ont. Can.) Wind Ensemble (Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor) - 29 October 2021
- Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Concert Band (Austin Hinkle, conductor) – 24 April 2019
- Fresno State (Calif.) Symphonic Band (Steven McKeithen, conductor) -15 March 2019 (2019 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Strasbourg Conservatory of Music (Strasbourg, France), Orchestre à vents (Miguel Etchegoncelay, conductor) - 25 January 2015
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Orchestra (Christopher J. Woodruff, conductor) - 17 November 2012
- Claughton Middle School (Houston, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Ogechi Ukazu, conductor) – 15 December 2011 (2011 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
- Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
- A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
- Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
All Wind Works
- Aggression (2005)
- Clalitas (1989)
- Dancing in Air (2004)
- Dancing in Rain (2009)
- Eine Nachtmusik fur Erlkonig (2014)
- Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Encore! (2013)
- Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Fantasma Lunare (2008)
- Fantasies on Frère Jacques (2010)
- Fantasy on "Madama Butterfly" (as arranger)(2000)
- A Festival Suite (2003)
- Fêtes Lointains (2009)
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
- Funiculi Funicula Rhapsody (as arranger) (2000)
- Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
- Howl's Moving Castle (as arranger) (2004/2010)
- Impromptu (1976)
- Journey of Exploration (2008)
- Lachrymae (2005)
- A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Lux Aeterna (1998/2000)
- Marche Hongroise (as arranger) (1820/1846/1986)
- My Neighbor Totoro (as arranger) (1988/2008)
- The Nutcracker Fantasy (as adapter) (1891/2004)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (2012)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- A Poetry of Breeze (1991)
- Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (as arranger) (2008)
- A Prelude to the Shining Day (2010)
- Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
- Ruffles Call from Afar (2015)
- Shadow Song (2016)
- Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Songs for Wind Ensemble (2010)
- A Srping Breeze Passes Through a Plain (1999)
- Star Fantasy (2014)
- Studio Ghibli's Anime March Medley (as arranger) (2013)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (as arranger) (1705/2014)
- Turandot (as arranger) (2007)
- The Vein of Water (2008)
- A Wild Rose Above (2014)
- WINGS (1998)
Resources
- Goto, Y. (2009). Dancing in Rain [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.
- White, Christopher G. "Dancing in Rain." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 345-353. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.