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Havana (flex)
Kevin Day (arr. Josh Trentadue)
Subtitle: For 5-Part Adaptable Ensemble
General Info
Year: 2018 / 2020
Duration: c. 7:45
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Piccolo I
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I
- Violin I (optional)
Part 2
- Piccolo II
- Flute III-IV
- Oboe II
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet II
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I
- B-flat Trumpet II
- Violin II (optional)
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet III
- E-flat Alto Saxophone II
- B-flat Trumpet III
- Horn in F I
- Violin III (optional)
- Viola (optional)
Part 4
- English Horn
- Bassoon I
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trombone I
- Euphonium I
- Horn in F II
- Cello (optional)
Part 5
- Bassoon II
- Contrabassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Bass Saxophone
- Trombone II
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium II
- Tuba
- String Bass (optional)
- Bass Guitar
Additional instruments if available:
- Piano
- Harp
- Keyboard Synthesizer
Timpani (optional)
Percussion (optional), including:
- Bass Drum
- Castanets
- Claves
- Cowbell
- Drum Set
- Glockenspiel
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Timbales
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Havana was a wind ensemble piece that I started working on in 2017, got about 30 measures into writing, and then put on the shelf. I couldn’t think of what to do with it or come up with an idea, so I ended up just putting it aside until I could. I ended up forgetting about it, and while I was searching through my music files on a night in September 2018, I stumbled on this work and found inspiration to write on what I had. I wanted to tell a story with the piece and make it authentic, and so I spent a lot of time carefully writing the work. After messing with a few titles and feeling a good amount of frustration, I decided to go with Havana, despite there being a viral pop song already in existence with the same name (a song that is honestly a guilty pleasure of mine to listen to). This piece, however, has nothing to do with the Camilla Cabello mega-hit.
Havana (for Wind Ensemble) is a 7:30-minute work that is heavily influenced on Cuban music, rhythms, and percussion. I wanted to highlight different dance genres such as salsa, mambo, and cha-cha, while also making the piece in my own voice. I have a strong love for Latin music, and so this was incredibly fun to write. I sought to paint a mental picture of the city of Havana, the beautiful landscape, and the culture that it is known and beloved for. There are many “Latin-influenced” pieces for band already and so I wanted to make Havana stand out as one that is exciting and memorable. I hope that performers and audiences will tap their foot, bop their heads, and feel the music.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Calvin University (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Wind Ensemble (Tiffany Engle, conductor) - 1 May 2021
- University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Wind Symphony (John R. Stewart, conductor) - 3 April 2021
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Symphony Band Chamber Players (David Thornton, conductor) - 26 March 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2016/2020)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2022)
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2018/2020)
- A Hymn for Peace (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2022)
- Rocketship! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- All the Day Long (2017)
- Christmas in Spain (2016)
- Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble (2018)
- Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2021)
- Dancing Fire (2016)
- Dancing Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2016/2020)
- Deep Blue (2022)
- Dual Strides (2022)
- Ecstatic Samba (arr. Trentadue) (2017/2022)
- Ember Skies (2021)
- Ember Skies (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2022)
- enter data sequence (arr. Trentadue) (2022)
- Fantasia for Alto Sax and Marimba (2016)
- Fireworks (2015)
- Galactic Voyage (2018)
- Ignition (2018/2020)
- Havana (2018)
- Havana (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2018/2020)
- A Hymn for Peace (2017)
- A Hymn for Peace (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- J.R. (2017)
- Lightning Round (2022)
- Lightning Round (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Trentadue) (2022)
- More than Words... (2020)
- Night Sketches I (2016)
- Nitrous (2020)
- On Shores of Endless Sea (2022)
- Pyrotechnics (2019)
- Requiem for the Unarmed (2020/2022)
- River Memoria (2022)
- Rocketship! (2017)
- Rocketship! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Shimmering Sunshine (2019). See also: Of Day and Night
- A Song for Tomorrow (2019)
- Tango Oscuro (arr. Trentadue) (2020/2022)
- Windborne (2022)
Resources
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- Day, K. (2018). Havana [score]. Murphy Music Press: McKinney, Tx.
- Perusal score
- Kevin Day website Accessed 16 December 2020