Fanfare and Flourishes

James Curnow

Subtitle: For a Festive Occasion

General Info

Year: 1995
Duration: c. 2:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Curnow Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $59.00 | Score Only - $11.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Snare Drum
Crash Cymbals
Suspended Cymbal
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This fanfare is based on Charpentier's familiar Te Deum.

- Program Note from publisher

The concert band version of this work was commissioned by the Alfred M. Barbe High School Band, Steve Hand, director.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Alabama: Class BB
Minnesota: II
South Carolina: II
Virginia: IV

Performances

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College of Idaho (Caldwell) Wind Ensemble (Luke Strother, conductor) - 8 April 2021
West Virginia University (Morgantown) Symphonic Band (Jay Drury, conductor) – 27 February 2020
Kent State University (Ohio) All-Star Gold Band (Wendy K. Matthews, conductor) – 11 January 2020
Concordia University (Irvine, Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jeff Held, conductor) – 9 November 2019
Hancock College (Santa Maria, Calif.) Concert Band (Garson Olivieri, conductor) – 11 May 2019
University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson University Band (Brian Chaplow, conductor) – 4 March 2019
Sacramento (Calif.) State University Concert Band (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 5 December 2018
Gettysburg (Penn.) College Symphony Band (Russell McCutcheon, conductor) – 12 October 2018
Ithaca (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble (Christopher Hughes, conductor) – 23 September 2018
River Valley Wind Ensemble (Kankakee County, Ill.) (David Conrad, conductor) – 6 May 2018
Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Varsity Band (James Fritz, conductor) – 18 April 2018
Selma (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Alex Lima, conductor) -16 March 2018 (2018 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) White Concert Band (Jamal Duncan, conductor) – 5 March 2018
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Red Band (Jamal Duncan, conductor) – 4 March 2018
Century High School (Rochester, Minn.) Wind Ensemble (Amnda Kaus, conductor) – 2 March 2018
Bullard High School (Fresno, Calif.) Concert Band (Brad Feyma, conductor) - 21 April 2017 (2017 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Ventura County (Calif.) Concert Band (Julie Budd, conductor) – 8 November 2015
ATSSB (Association of Texas Small School Bands) All-State Symphonic Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor) - 14 February 2015 (2015 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
River Hill High School (Md.) Wind Ensemble (M. Joseph Fischer, conductor) - 15 March 2013
San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 15 October 2005

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994)
Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)

All Wind Works

African Sketches (1992)
Amber Waves of Grain (1994)
Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994)
Appalachian Dances (2008)
Beyond the Stars
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (as arranger) (1985)
Bridge of the Gods (2012)
Canadian Sketches (1996)
Canterbury Coronation (1996)
Canticle of the Creatures (1984)
Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
The Carnival of the Animals (as arranger) (1886/2008)
Celebration Fanfare
Celebration (1994)
Ceremonial Flourishes (1988)
Chinese Folk Fantasy (2013)
Christmas Classics (1993)
Christmas Fancies (2000)
Christmas Flourish, A (1998)
Christmas Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
Christmas Travelogue (as arranger)
Concertino for Tuba and Band (1978/2001)
Concertpiece (1990)
Concertpiece for Clarinet, Winds and Percussion (1990)
Dance Episodes (2006)
Day at the Circus, A (1998)
Day at the Museum, A (1997)
Day in Space, A
Dialogues for Saxophone Quartet, Winds and Percussion (2005)
Dimensions of Seven
Dublin Sketches
Fanfare and Flourishes (1995)
Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
Fanfare Prelude (1876/1983)
Fanfare Prelude on "Joy to the World" (1985)
Fanfare Prelude on Lobe Den Herren (1982/1997)
Fantasia di Falcone
Fantasy on a Colonial Air
Festive Fanfare for the Holidays (2006)
Festivity (1993)
Festivo Fantastico (1998)
Fiddle Tunes (as arranger) (2002)
Finale for a Winter Festival (2004)
Freedom Road (1994)
Freedom's Song (2009)
French Christmas Carol Fantasy (1989)
Golliwog's Cakewalk (as arranger)
Guadalcanal March (as arranger) (1952/1989)
Heroic Tribute (2006)
Illini Fantasy (2006)
In Storm and Sunshine (as arranger) (1884/1986)
In the Valley of the Sun (2013)
Inventions from the Sacred Harp (2005)
Irish Legends (1994)
Journey (2009)
Jubilee (Variations on "Saints Bound for Heaven")
Kentucky Kaleidoscope
Korean Folk Rhapsody (1988)
Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
Land of Tomorrow (2010)
Lion of Lucerne (1986)
Lone Star Celebration (1995)
Megaforce (1997)
Midway March (as arranger)
Moment in Time, A
Mutanza (1981)
Nathan Hale Trilogy (1990)
Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
Nexus (2015)
Nulli Secundus (Curnow)
Overture to a Winter Festival (1995)
Peter and the Wolf (as arranger) (1936/1986)
Praetorius Variations
Prelude and Celebration (1996)
Prelude on a Hymn of Praise (1996)
The Promise of Living (as arranger) (1954/2012)
Quintessence
Rejouissance (1988)
Renaissance Festival (as arranger) (2008)
Renaissance Suite (as arranger) (c.1551/1983)
Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band (1978/1999)
Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies (1996)
Romanza (2017)
Russian Christmas Music (as arranger) (1944/1990)
Russian Folk Fantasy (1992)
Seacliffe Overture (1983)
Selections from "Suite of Old American Dances" (as arranger) (1950/2005)
Selections from Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1992)
Slavonic Dances, The (as transcriber)
Songs of the West (as arranger) (1907/1986)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (as arranger) (1897)
Sovereign Variants
Spirit of the Pioneers (2007)
Suite from "Messiah" (as transcriber) (1741/1989)
Symphonic Chorale for Band (1989)
Symphonic Suite from "The Right Stuff" (as arranger) (1983/1984)
Symphonic Triptych (1978)
Symphonic Variants (1998)
Three Colonial Ballads (as arranger)
Toward the Sunrising (1999)
Turkish March (as arranger) (1809/2001)
Valdres (arr Curnow) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2016)
Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
Vanguard (2003)
A Wexford Reverie (as arranger) (2005)
When the Morning Stars Sang (2005)
Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew (1993)
Winds of Change

Resources

Curnow, J. (1995). Fanfare and Flourishes: For a Festive Occasion [score]. Curnow Music Press: Wilmore, Ky.