Glen Canyon Overture

John Edmondson

General Info

Year: 1981 / 1985
Duration: c. 3:50
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Almitra Music, through Kendor Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $38.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon (optional)
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 Cornet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This musical portrait of the beautiful Colorado River canyon in Utah/Arizona features majestic opening and closing themes with a more lyrical interlude between. Simple countermelodies add harmonic depth.

- Program Note adapted from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

Alabama: Class D
Florida: II
Louisiana: I
South Carolina: II
Texas: I. Complete
Virginia: II

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Yulee (Fla.) Middle School Symphonic Band – 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

ACB March (2008)
Amazing Grace (as arranger) (1835/1971)
America (as arranger) (1971)
America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/2006)
American Folk Fantasy
American Spirit March
American Spirit Overture (1982)
Anasazi (1987)
Aztec Sunrise (1990)
And All That Jazz (1991)
Beale Street Strut (1990)
The Candy Man (as arranger) (1972)
Chorale and Recessional (1987)
Christmas Fantasia, A (1985)
A Christmas Finale (1989)
Christmas Recollections (as arranger) (1981)
Clarinet Marmalade (as arranger) (2007)
Command March (1985)
The Debonair Dragon (1994)
Delmar Celebration (1989)
Dixieland Tour
Double Eagle, The (2003)
Encanto Overture
Eternal Father, Strong to Save (as arranger) (2002)
Flores de España (as arranger) (1954/1978)
General Greene (1991)
Glen Canyon Overture (1985)
God Bless America (as arranger) (1939/1979)
Holly Jolly Christmas, A (as arranger) (1964/1986)
James River Festival (1992)
Jazz Chaconne (1989)
Jazz Jubilee (1992)
It's Broadway (as arranger) (1983)
La Fiesta Brava (1984)
Lexington March (1988)
Liberty March
Little Rondo For Band (1994)
Fantasy on a Fanfare
March for Christmas
March from "The Great Escape" (as arranger) (1963/)
Miss Liberty March (1985)
Mount Rushmore March (1995)
The Muppet Movie Medley (as arranger) (1979)
New South Wales March
Norland March
Omega March (1996)
On the Quarter Deck (as arranger) (1917/2005)
Pyramid Power Polka (1990)
A Regal Procession (1995)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" (as arranger) (1943/1982)
Rondo for Winds and Percussion (1981)
Roman Festival Overture (1993)
Saxophonic Boogie (1989)
Scandinavian Folk Fantasy
The Screaming Eagles (Concert March) (1993)
Selections from "Cats" (as arranger)
Serenade (2007)
Serenade and Dance (1994)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (as arranger)
Somewhere Out There (as arranger) (1987)
Song for Winds
Tatum Square Festival (1990)
That's a Plenty (as arranger) (1994)
Those Dynamic Drummers (1995)
Three English Folk Songs (as arranger) (1983)
Three Scottish Folk Songs (as arranger) (1984)
To the Colors (1981)
Trailblazer March (1985)
Twin Cities March (1992)
White Christmas (as arranger) (1940/1979)
Winchester March (1972)
Wind Sketch (1990)
Winter Wonderland (as arranger) (1934/2005)
Wonderful World of Disney, The (as arranger) (1980)

Resources

Edmondson, J. (1985). Glen Canyon Overture [score]. Almitra Music: Delevan, N.Y.
John Edmondson website Accessed 17 August 2021
Lozano, Frank ."Glen Canyon Overture" Young Band Repertoire Project, Spring 1999. Web. Accessed 20 August 2021