Due North

Michael Sweeney

General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00 | Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Marimba
Shakers
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tom-Tom (2)
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Due North was commissioned for the 46th Annual University of Minnesota, Duluth Jr. High Honor Band Festival, Dr. Mark Whitlock, director of bands and festival coordinator. The city of Duluth, MN on the westernmost shore of Lake Superior is farther north than most cities in the continental United States, so the title seemed appropriate! Suggesting perhaps an exciting downhill ski run or possibly a snowmobile chase through the woods, Due North is a fast-paced overture composed using a single tempo. Along the way, various moods are suggested as themes and musical ideas are passed from section to section, and the percussion provide a driving, rhythmic pulse throughout.

Due North was premiered March 4, 2014, on the campus of the University of Minnesota, Duluth, with the composer conducting.

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Ontario High School (Ohio) Concert Band (Sean DeLong, conductor) - 30 January 2022 (Severance Music Center, Cleveland)
Westbrook (Me.) High School Band (Kyle Smith, conductor) – 8 November 2018
Ohio University (Athens) University Band (Rebecca Titus, conductor) – 11 April 2017
Oxford Middle School and Harmony Middle School (Overland Park, Ks.) - 8 March 2016
North Shore Summer Music Experience Band (Nolan Hauta, guest conductor) - 27 June 2015
University of Minnesota, Duluth Junior High Gold Honor Band (Michael Sweeney, conductor) - 4 March 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Armed Forces on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
Black Forest Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2008)
Born to be Wild (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1990/2006)
Celtic Air and Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007/2020)
The Christmas Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2011)
Christmas Time Is Here (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2003/2020)
Circle of Life (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1994/2020)
Down by the Salley Gardens (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2017)
The Forge of Vulcan (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2013)
Highlights from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1994/2018)
Imperium (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2020)
Knights of Destiny (Flex instrumentation) (2000/2011)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1874/2012)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2003/2006)
Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1937/2019)
West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1957/2015)
White Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1940/2006)

All Wind Works

Across the Northern Sky
Algona Crossing (2017)
An American Salute (1989)
Ancient Voices (1994)
Armed Forces on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
Aztalan (2009)
Beyond the Seven Hills (1999)
Black Forest Overture (1996)
Black Forest Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2008)
Blue Mambo (2017)
Born to be Wild (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1990/2006)
Call of the Champions (as arranger)
Cayuga Lake Overture (2006)
Celtic Air and Dance (2007)
Celtic Air and Dance No. 2 (2008)
Celtic Air and Dance No. 3 (2011)
Celtic Air and Dance No. 4 (2018)
Celtic Air and Dance No. 5 (2020)
Celtic Air and March (2014)
Celtic Farewell (2016)
Chester (as arranger) (2020)
The Christmas Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2011)
Christmas Time Is Here (as arranger) (1965)
Christmas Time Is Here (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1965/2003/2020)
Circle of Life (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1994/2020)
Coldwater Crossing (2010)
Corinthium (1994)
Crossings in Time (2006)
Dance of the Spirits (2011)
Dansbury Run (2013)
Dialogues (2003)
Distant Horizons (1995)
Distant Thunder of the Sacred Forest (2003)
Down by the Salley Gardens (as arranger) (2006)
Down by the Salley Gardens (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2017)
Down to the River (as arranger) (2019)
Due North (2014)
Earth and Sky (2013)
Earthdance (2010)
Emerald Awakening (2012)
Equinox (1993)
Fanfare and March (2004)
Fanfare and Presto (1998)
Farandole (as arranger)
Fires of Mazama (2005)
The Forge of the Vulcan (1997)
The Forge of Vulcan (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2013)
Fractures in Time (2017)
Gates of Orion (1997)
Gathering in the Glen (2010)
Great Movie Adventures (as arranger) (2006)
Half Moon on the Hudson (2007)
A Hard Day's Night. See: Selections from "A Hard Day's Night"
High Water Mark: The Third Day (2002)
Highlights from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1994/2018)
Horkstow Grange from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as arranger)
Hudson River Run (2020)
Hymn to the Fallen (as arranger) (1998/2000)
Imperium (1992)
Imperium (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2020)
Irish Rising (as arranger) (2016)
John Williams: Movie Adventures (as arranger) (1977/1999)
Kinesis (2004)
Knights of Destiny (2000)
Knights of Destiny (Flex instrumentation) (2000/2011)
Lament and Tribal Dances (2001)
Last Full Measure (2013)
Legend of Devil's Lake (2011)
Legends in the Mist (1996)
Lincoln Legacy (1999)
Lisbon from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as adapter) (1937/2017)
Lost Lady Found (as arranger) (1937/2011)
Marches of the Armed Forces (as arranger) (1991)
Memory (as arranger)
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (as arranger)
Moai (2017)
Monmouth Overture (1999)
Music from ''Les Misérables" (as arranger) (1980/1998)
Music from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (as arranger) (1977/2016)
Mystic Dance (1999)
Night on Bald Mountain (as arranger) (2004)
Northland Pines (2013)
On Joyful Wing (2018)
On the Edge of Tomorrow (2009)
On the Wings of Swallows (2000)
Out of the Shadows (2003)
Paine Mountain Legacy (2020)
Pantheon (1999)
Panther Rising (2019)
Particles (2014)
Passages (2009)
The Path Not Taken (2019)
Pegasus (2001)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1874/2012)
Pirates of the Caribbean (as arranger) (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2003/2006)
Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (as arranger) (2010)
Prelude and Pursuit (2013)
Quad City Stomp (2008)
River Rendezvous (2016)
River of Hope (2009)
River of the Ancients (2004)
Rock, River, Tree (2015)
Root Beer Rag (as arranger) (1974/1981)
The Royal Tower (2001)
Rumble on the High Plains (2005)
Salute to the Duke (1999)
Sawdust City Celebration (2013)
Selections from "A Hard Day's Night" (as arranger) (1964/1999)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (as arranger) (1967/2007)
Shenandoah (as arranger) (2003)
Shorewood Overture (2014)
Silverbrook (2006)
A Simple Song (as arranger) (2011)
Sleepsong (as arranger) (2019)
Song for Hope (2011)
Southern Folk Rhapsody (2005)
Southwind (as arranger) (2015)
Spirit of Avalon (1998)
Spring City Overture (2015)
Stardance (2012)
Strike Force (2007)
Suite from "MASS" (as arranger)
Summon the Heroes (as arranger)
Swamp Rabbit Stomp (2016)
Swing the Mood (as arranger) (1990)
Themes from "The Black Panther" (as arranger) (2018)
Themes from "First Suite in E-flat" (as arranger) (1909/2006)
Themes from "New World Symphony" (as arranger) (1893)
To Soar with Eagles (2013)
Troy! (2009)
Trumpet Tune (as arranger) (2001)
Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1937/2019)
Valley of Fire (1998)
Variants on an American Hymn (2000)
Viking (2016)
Villages (2014)
West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1957/2015)
When the Sun Breaks Through the Mist (2006)
White Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1940/2006)
Wildcat Valley Fanfare (2017)
Wilderness Scenes (2004)
The Willow Tree (as arranger) (1995/2018)
Woodland Odyssey (2002)
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (as arranger) (1949/2006)
Year of the Dragon (2000)

Resources

None discovered thus far.