Haunted Carousel, The (Svanoe)

Erika Svanoe

Subtitle: For Band with Optional iPad Extension

General Info

Year: 2015
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
iPad Theremin
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Claves
Crash Cymbals
Ratchet
Snare Drum
Triangle

Laptop computer

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Haunted Carousel was conceived as a piece for band utilizing the sound of the theremin, an electronic instrument often used in old science fiction and horror movies.

- Program Note from score

Awards

National Band Association Composition Contest for Young Bands, 2014, winner.

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

Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) Concert Band (Mary Land, conductor) - 17 October 2022
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) University Band (Betsy McCann) - 25 October 2021
Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Kendall Johnson, conductor) - 3 March 2021
Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa) Symphonic Band (Scott Muntefering, conductor) – 13 October 2018
Riverwatch Middle School (Suwanee, Ga.) Symphonic Band (Dean Patterson, conductor) - 21 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
Chester County Concert Band (West Chester, Penn.) (David Reif, conductor) – 30 October 2016
Riverwatch Middle School (Suwanee, Ga.) Symphonic Band (Matt Koperniak, conductor) – 18 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southern Division Conference, Charleston, S.C.)
Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 25 October 2015
El Camino Fundamental High School (Sacramento, Calif.) Honors Band (Kevin Glaser, conductor) – Fall 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
Steampunk Scenes (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)

All Wind Works

Band of Heroes (2018)
Baskerville (2019)
Category 4 (2021)
Claremont Triumphant (2011)
Clocktower Fanfare (2016)
Echoes (2018)
El Salon Mexico (as arranger) (2009)
First Suite Fanfare (2020)
Florence & Alice (2021)
Four Grainger Songs (as arranger) (2003)
The Haunted Carousel (2015)
A Journey in Time (2020)
Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (2014/2019)
Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2019/2020)
She Dares, She Leaps (2022)
Springtime Ride (2018)
Steampunk Scenes (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)
Steampunk Suite (2015/2017)
Symphony in Blue & Gold (2023)
The Town Band (2022)
Tutued Toucan Can-Can (2021)
Where no one has gone before (2023)

Resources

Erika Svanoe website Accessed 4 February 2016
The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 492.