Havendance

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David Holsinger

General Info

Year: 1985
Duration: c. 5:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Baritone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Chimes
Cowbell
Crash Cymbals
Gong
Guiro
Hi-hat (optional)
Orchestra Bells (or Glockenspiel)
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Temple Blocks
Triangle
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

Orchestra Bells and Chines, m.62: Add 3/4 meter signature

Program Notes

David Holsinger's first child, his daughter Haven, was the inspiration for this 1983 composition. Its driving rhythms represent the energy of an eight year old, who was constantly dancing and twirling around the house, dreaming of being a ballerina. The composition undergoes several variations in style, but it is always filled with energy. Some passages evoke the image of a single dancer, with solo pirouettes and leaps; these light efforts grow to draw in the full dance company with an unrelenting, underlying rhythm. Havendance is the first of three dancesongs honoring the composer's children; Nilesdance and Graysondance reflect the diverse personalities of his two sons.

- Program notes by David Bruce Adams

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State Ratings

Arkansas: IV
Georgia: V
Iowa: IV
Indiana: Senior Band Group II
Michigan: Senior High Class A
Minnesota: II
New York: IV
South Carolina: V
Tennessee: V
Texas: III. Complete

Performances

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University of Windsor (Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Nicholas Papador, conductor) - 23 November 2023
University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) University Band (James Popejoy, conductor) - 25 April 2023
Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Tx.) Symphonic Band (David Robinson, conductor) - 14 November 2021
191st Army Band (Dublin, Calif.) (Jeremy Garrido, conductor) – 9 June 2019 (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco)
Montgomery County Concert Band (Hatfield, Penn.) (Chuck Neidhardt, conductor) – 23 April 2019 (ACB 2019 Annual Convention (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.))
Indiana University at South Bend Wind Symphony / Twin Cities Concert Band (Dennis Gamble, conductor) - 30 March 2019
University of Illinois (Champaign) Campus Concert Band (Joe Clark, conductor) – 29 April 2018
University of Arizona (Tucson) Concert Band (Evan Gibson, conductor) – 28 April 2018
University of Florida (Gainesville) Monday Night Band - 18 April 2018
Sacramento (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Tim Smith conductor) – 18 March 2018
Madera (Calif.) South High School Wind Band (Jay Rossette, conductor) - 21 April 2017 (2017 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Lee University (Cleveland, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble (David Holsinger, conductor) – 10 April 2017
Madera (Calif.) South High School Wind Ensemble (Jay Rossette, conductor) - 24 March 2017 (2017 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Ohlone Community Band (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 15 March 2017
University of Missouri (Columbia) University Band (Gretchen Pohlman, conductor) – 14 March 2017
Edison High School (Fresno, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Robert Madrid, conductor) - 15 April 2016 (2016 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Illinois State University (Normal) University Band (Gavin Smith, conductor) – 13 November 2015
San Jose Metropolitan Band (Gregory Bergantz, conductor) - 19 October 2014
Madera (Calif.) South High School Band (Jay Rossette, conductor) - 21 March 2014 (2014 Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)
Ely High School Band, Ely MN (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - 13 March 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

Abram’s Pursuit (1998)
Adagio (2000)
The Adventures of Kid Cam, the Rocketman! (2014)
American Faces (1996)
Ancient Dances (2020)
The Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf (1981)
Army Ants March and Boogie (2005)
At the Strongholds of En Gedi (1996)
Ballet Exaltare (1999)
Ballet Sacra (1990)
Battle Music (1990)
A Call to Celebration (2012)
Canticles! (2001)
The Case of the Mysterious Stranger (1990)
The Chase (2003)
A Childhood Hymn (as arranger) (1862/1991)
City Symphony
- Cityscape I (Festive Hours Neon Night) (2001)
- Cityscape II (Lonely Hours Anguished Night) (2004)
- Cityscape III (Morning Hours Salvation Light) (2008)
The Cluster Bluster Fluster March (1991)
Connacht Rhapsody (2017)
Consider the Uncommon Man (1992)
Deborah's Triumph/Jael's Revenge (2016)
Deerpath Dances (1996)
Divertimented Dances (2006)
The Easter Symphony (1986-1997)
Elegy on an American Folk Tune (2006)
Elegy on an Evening Hymn (2013)
Every Morning New (2002)
Falcon Attack! (2002)
Fanfare for Brass and Timpani (2003)
Fanfare for Such a Time as This (2007)
Fanfare for the Glorious Naycart (2001)
Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong (1999)
Fantasy on Old Hundred (2019)
Festiva Jubiloso (2000)
Festival Music for a Silver Celebration
Fort Canterbury March (1989)
The Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron (1988)
Gears Pulleys Chains (2006)
Gmyway’s Revenge! (1994)
Graysondance (1993)
Gypsydance (1994)
Havendance (1985)
The Helm Toccata (1991)
Hero Music (2005)
Homage: Three Tapestries (1999)
Hopak Raskolniki (1980)
If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else (1990)
In Praise of Gentle Pioneers (1996)
In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to War (1991)
A Jolly Walk in Hibbertland (1991)
Kaylen Dreaming (2006)
Kansas City Dances (1978)
L'Arco della Vita (2021)
Lake Canterbury Regatta (1993)
Last Run (2020)
A Little Adventure Music (2002)
Little Fantasy on an American Hymn (2009)
A Little Mystery Music (1996)
Liturgical Dances (1984)
The Maelstrom (2009)
The March of the Combat Patrol (1991)
March of the Grand High Poobah (2006)
March on a Russian Hymnsong (2003)
Mobbusters! (1994)
Nilesdance (1987)
On a Childhood Sunday Song (2004)
On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason (1990)
On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (1989)
On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowry (1993)
On a Southern Hymnsong (1993)
On an American Spiritual (1991)
On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances (1988)
On the Cul-de-sac, Three O’clock, Friday Afternoon (1999)
On the Grand Prairie Texas (1989)
On the Overland Stage to El Paso (2006)
One Day in a Small Town (2004)
Otserf II : Revenge of the Warrior Prince (2009)
Partita Allegro (1997)
The Peasant Village Dance (1990)
Praises! (2001)
Prairie Dances (1998)
Prelude and Presto (2018)
Prelude and Rondo (1976)
The Pride of Buxmont (2000)
Providence Unfinished (2002)
Quiet River (2011)
Reagan of Illinois (2011)
Reagan of Illinois Part II (2013)
Riding With the Frontier Battalion (2000)
Scaling the North Wall (1990)
Scootin’ on Hardrock (1999)
Scrappy Bumptoe’s Picture Cards and Ragtag Diary (1981)
Sinfonia Voci (1993)
Solemn Hymn & Rowdy Dance (2010)
Soliloquy (2020)
Some Give All (2016)
A Song of Moses (1999)
Summer to Fall: A Love Song (2006)
Symphonia Glorioso (2006)
Symphonic Movement (2000)
Texas Promenade (1999
Til His Hand Grew Tired and Froze to the Sword (2004)
To Live a Life Triumphant (2007)
To Tame the Perilous Skies (1990)
Von Grrrhart’s 613th Regimental March (1994)
The War Trilogy: 1971 (1999)
The White Rose (as arranger) (1917/)
Zinphonia (2017)

Resources

David Holsinger website Accessed 29 August 2021
Holsinger, D. (1985). Havendance [score]. TRN Music: Ruidoso, N.M.
Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 294.