Fanfare for a Golden Sky
General Info
Year: 2003
Duration: c. 2:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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-IV, including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Composer Scott Boerma brings his expertise in arranging for famous drum & bugle corps to the concert band hall in this intense and powerful concert opener. Based on a five-note motive, the fanfare remains hopeful and optimistic throughout its many stormy episodes.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: William Mason High School Wind Symphony (Robert C. Bass, Jr., conductor) - 2004
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Symphonic Band (Kirk Saville, conductor) – 12 December 2019
- Interlochen Center for the Arts (Michigan) Adult Band Camp (Tom Riccobono, conductor) - 11 August 2019
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Concert Band (David Thornton, conductor) – 19 April 2017
- Spartan Youth Wind Orchestra – 17 April 2011
- William Mason (Mason, Ohio) High School Wind Symphony (Robert C. Bass, Jr., conductor) – 17 December 2004 (2004 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- As the Leaves Fall Again (2022)
- Bora Bora (2004)
- By the Shores of Lake Michigan (2021)
- Cauldron
- Cityscape (2006)
- Equinox
- Exuberance (2012)
- Fanfare for a Golden Sky (2003)
- Fjords - Suite for Band
- How Can I Keep From Singing
- Illini Jubilee (2018)
- Isle of Skye (2012)
- Let There Be Peace
- Persistence of Hope (2021)
- Poem (2005)
- Porta Nigra
- Sesquicentennial Fanfare
- Shadows (2012)
- Silver
- Son Song (2020)
- Strive (2014)
- A St. Patrick's Day Toast (2017)
- Windjammer
- Wonderstruck (2019)
- Zirk
- Zoom (2021)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Scott Boerma." Accessed 11 April 2017