Heartland Sketches
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $72.00 | Score Only - $9.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Marimba
- Orchestra Chimes
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned by friend and students of Dr. Myron Welch on the occasion of his retirement as University of Iowa Director of Bands.
-Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Buchholz High School Wind Symphony (Alexander Kaminsky, conductor) - 2009
- Audio CD: University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds (Ron Hufstader, conductor) - 2015
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, O.) High School Honor Band (Nancy Ditmer, conductor) - 18 February 2023
- Samford University (Birmingham, Ala.) Wind Ensemble (Brian O. Walden, conductor) - 25 February 2021
- University of Nevada Reno Symphonic Band (Joan Paddock, conductor) – 11 March 2010 (CBDNA 2010 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)
- Buchholz High School (Gainesville, Fla.) Wind Symphony (Alex Kaminsky, conductor) – 17 December 2009 (2009 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air Mobility Command March (2008)
- Anthem (2009)
- Canzon, Fugato, and Hymn (2004)
- A Dakota Rhapsody (2007)
- Declarations (1996/1997)
- Elegy (1989)
- Elegy, Prayer, and Hymn (2015)
- Essay (1992)
- Fantasia on "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (2005)
- First Essay for Symphonic Band. See: Essay
- Foundation (2007)
- Heartland Sketches (2009)
- Homage to the Dream (2013)
- Illuminations (2016/2018)
- In Memoriam (2002)
- La cathédrale résiliente (2019)
- Legacy for Brass and Percussion (2008)
- London Miniatures (1998)
- A Movement for Rosa (1992)
- Pacific Commemoration (1999)
- Prelude, Processional, and Postlude (2019)
- Reminiscences (2011)
- Resolutions (2017/2020)
- Romanza, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Second Essay for Symphonic Band (2015)
- The Shining City (2011)
- Symphonic Fanfare (2006)
- Symphonic Prelude (The Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer) (2006)
- Symphony from Ivy Green
- Three London Miniatures (1988)
- To Build a Fire (1992)
- Tribute (1985)
- Twin Ports Overture (2012/2013)
- Two American Canvases (2010)
- Watchman, Tell Us of the Night (1996)
- Whatsoever Things... (1997)
- Yosemite Autumn (1997/2004)
Resources
- Camphouse, M. (2009). Heartland Sketches [score]. Alfred Publishing: Van Nuys, Calif.