December Snow

Frank Ticheli

Frank Ticheli

General Info

Year: 2015
Duration: c. 2:20
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00   |   Score Only (print) - $16.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute/Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Electric Bass Guitar (optional)
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Glockenspiel
• Sleigh Bells
• Snare Drum
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

December Snow was inspired by memories of one of nature's simple wonders. While it has been decades since I live in a northern climate, I still remember the pure joy of those magical early-winter snow flurries, a joy I endeavored to capture in this piece.

Specific events are suggested by the music, and indicated verbally in the score: “first snowflakes...snow picking up...out for a sleigh ride...returning home for hot chocolate.” Bright percussion colors of triangle, sleigh bells, and glockenspiel combine with gently floating melodic lines to give the piece its wintry feeling; but it all ends warmly with a simple canon and gentle reminder of the opening theme.

- Program Note by composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. William Mason High School Wind Symphony (Micah Ewing, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Charleston (S.C.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (John Christian, conductor) – 8 December 2019
• William Mason High School (Mason, Ohio) Wind Symphony (Micah Ewing, conductor) - 15 December 2016 (2016 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
• Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
• Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
• Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
• Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
• Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
• Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
• Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)

All Wind Works

• Abracadabra (2005)
• Acadiana (2016)
• Amazing Grace (Ticheli) (1994)
• Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
• Amen! (2009)
• An American Elegy (2000)
• Angels in the Architecture (2009)
• Angels Rising (2023)
• Apollo Unleashed. See: Symphony No. 2
• Ave Maria (as arranger) (1825/2004)
• BASH (2021)
• Belle. See: Cajun Folk Songs: Belle
• Blue Shades (1996)
• Boundless River (2020)
• Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
• Cajun Folk Songs, Part One (1990)
• Cajun Folk Songs, Part Two (1997)
• Concertino for Trombone (1987/2007)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2014)
• Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2010)
• Concerto for Trumpet (1990/2021)
• Dance. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• Dancing on Water (2015)
• December Snow (2015)
• Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
• Earth Song for Band (2012)
• First Light (2013)
• Fortress (1988)
• Gaian Visions (1990)
• Ghost Tale (2020)
• Here Take This Lovely Flower. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• In Yonder Valley. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• Joy (2005)
• Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Joy Revisited (2005)
• Korean Folksongs from Jeju Island (2013)
• Life-Stream (2022)
• Loch Lomond (2002)
• Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
• Lux Perpetua (2020)
• Midnight in Nairobi (2019)
• Midnight (2019)
• Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
• Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
• Music for Winds and Percussion (withdrawn)
• Nitro (2006)
• Over the Moon (2023)
• Pacific Fanfare (1994/2002)
• Peace (2015)
• Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
• Portrait of a Clown (1988)
• Postcard (1991)
• Rest (2011)
• Sailing the Sky (2021)
• San Antonio Dances (2010)
• Sanctuary (2006)
• Serenade for Kristin (2018)
• A Shaker Gift Song (2004)
• Shenandoah (1999)
• Silver Lining (2017)
• Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs (2002)
  • In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
  • Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
  • Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Songs of Love and Life (2012)
• Sun Dance (1997)
• Symphony No. 1 (tr. Green) (2001/2011)
• Symphony No. 2 (2004)
• The Tyger (2008)
• Under the Big Top (2019)
• Vesuvius (1999)
• Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)
• Wild Nights! (2007)

Resources

• Frank Ticheli website Accessed 6 July 2020
• Ticheli, F. (2015). December Snow [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.