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Fanfare for Athena
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General Info
Year: 2020
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
Fanfare for Athena was commissioned by Chris Shumick and the Milton High School Wind Ensemble (Ga.).
In writing a piece for the opening of their performance at the 2020 George Music Educators Conference in Athens, it was decided early on that the piece would reflect the Greek goddess Athena and the statue that stands in her image outside of the Classics Center. In researching Athena, I found the contrasts of her qualities to be rather intriguing -- a goddess of war and courage, and yet also a goddess of wisdom and inspiration. War and courage manifest themselves at the beginning of the work in bold and declarative statements. The middle of the work uses similar melodic material from the beginning, but woven in contemporary flourishes from the woodwinds to portray her wisdom and courage. The two styles weave themselves together as the piece concludes to create a more holistic image of this goddess and all she represents in Greek mythology.
- Program Note by composer
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- Lockport (Ill.) Township High School Wind Symphony (Brian E. Covey, conductor) - 18 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
- Milton (Ga.) High School Wind Ensemble (Chris Shumick, conductor) – 19 January 2020
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Downtown Strut (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
All Wind Works
- Along the Beaches of Normandy (2009)
- Anthem of an Era (2013)
- Ash & Stone (2019)
- at Twilight (2014)
- Banner of the Sky (2018)
- Banshee of the Badlands (2019)
- The Best of Rooms (as arranger) (1963/2017)
- Castle Gate, 1924 (2012)
- Chant and Fire Ritual (2011)
- Downtown Strut (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Epic Venture (2015)
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Fanfare for 'Our Time' (2020)
- Fanfare for Athena (2020)
- From the Concord Chronicles (2016)
- Ghosts of the Lost Ship (2014)
- Housetop Holiday Jam! (as arranger) (2011)
- Illustrations (2013)
- Miles in the Sky (2015)
- Mission: Apollo (2015)
- Paceline (2018)
- Pacific Grooves (2022)
- Panoramic Fanfare (2014)
- Panoramic Landscapes (2015)
- Resplendent Light (2016)
- River Poem (2019)
- The Sacred Spheres (2021)
- Shimmering Joy (2018)
- Solace in the Equinox (2017)
- Terminal Velocity (2014)
- Winds of Celebration (2012)
Resources
- Tyler Grant website Accessed 11 September 2020