Glissin' Up

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

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Subtitle: For Four Trombones and Concert Band

General Info

Year: 2016
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Stephenson Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $185.00; (digital) - $157.50   |   Score Only (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $38.25

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
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
Solo Trombone I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Glissin’ Up – as suggested by the title (which comes from the opening four measures) – is meant to be a fun, light-hearted work, where four soloists can simply enjoy their 6.5 minutes in front of the band. The request from trombonist Brad Kerns, and conductor Lafe Cook, came at a time where I had just finished several rather heavy and emotional works, so I was very much in the mood to clear the air.

While the solo parts are certainly written with advanced players in mind (of any age), the band parts are meant to be accessible by bands of almost any level. This was per request from the commissioners. Performers should strive to equal the fun had in the outer sections with some down and dirty groove in the middle.

- Program Note by composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Dobyns-Bennett High School (Kingsport, Tenn.) Wind Symphony (Thomas Rotondi, conductor) - 8 March 2017 (82nd Annual ABA National Convention)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
• Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
• May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
• No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
• Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
• 2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
• Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)

All Wind Works

• American Embers (2017)
• American Fanfare (2009)
• as the fireflies watched (2020)
• August in York (2008)
• BasSOON It will be Christmas (2007/2013)
• Celebration Overture (1999/2018)
• Chorale in Blue (2018)
• A Charleston Christmas (as arranger) (2012)
• Code of Conduct (2023)
• Concerto Braziliano
• Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
• Concerto for Cell Phone
• Concerto for Hope (2016/2017)
• Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet (2016)
• Concerto for Winds (2023)
• Concerto Grosso (2016)
• Concerto No 1 for Trumpet (2007)
• Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet (2010)
• Concerto No. 3 for Trumpet. See: Concerto for Hope
• Deep Dish (2016)
• The Devil's Tale (2013)
• A Dialogue for Self and Soul (2013)
• Dodecafecta (2010)
• Duels and Dances (2011)
• Duo Fantastique (2007)
• Exhale! (2021)
• Eyes on the Bison (2021)
• Fanfare for an Angel (2010/2018)
• Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
• Fanfare for Democracy (2021)
• Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• ...Forward (2021)
• Glissin' Up (2016)
• Hanging by a Thread (2014)
• Heritage of Freedom Fanfare
• Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• Holiday Fanfare Medley (2010)
• Homage and Farewell (2010)
• In the Moment (2018)
• In the Moment Too (2018)
• Intrepid Promise
• It's About Time (2014)
• Just B. See: Symphony for Brass
• Kentucky Run (2019)
• Kleiner Walzer (as transcriber) (1896/2022)
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1996/2015)
• L'esprit de la trompette (2012/2014)
• Lonesome Valley Folk Suite (2022)
• Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
• Luther: In Canon (2017)
• May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
• Möbius Trip (2017)
• No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
• Old Modern Musick (2018)
• Octet (2021)
• Overture to a Winter Celebration (2010)
• Perpetual Notion (2020)
• Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
• Requiem Dances (2018)
• Rhythms of the Spirit (2006)
• Saints Fantasy (2017)
• Scram! (2018)
• Second Thoughts (2014)
• Smitty's Aweigh Overture
• Sonata Rhapsody "The Arch" (2009/2014)
• Sounds Awakened (2013)
• Spinning Wheel (2024)
• Stars and Stripes Fanfare (2007/2018)
• The Storyteller (2013/2017)
• Sunburst Fanfare (2023)
• Symphony for Brass (2014)
  • Just B (2020)
• Symphony No 1 for Concert Band (2008)
• Symphony No 2 (2016)
• Symphony No 4 (2023)
• Taps (2017)
• there are no words (2015)
• this is most certainly true (2017)
• Three Bones Concerto (2013)
• To the Sky (2011)
• 2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
• Twisted Shout (2021)
• Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)
• Unfettered (2020)
• Variations on Chinese Folk Songs (2006)
• Vast and Curious (2014/2017)
• Voyages (2020)
• Walk Slowly (arr. M. Stephenson) (1997/2009/2020)
• Wildcat Run (2019)
• Wooden Dimes (2021/2022)
• Zodiac Concerto II (2022)

Resources

• James Stephenson Music Accessed 22 June 2021
• Perusal score