Highbridge Excursions

From Wind Repertory Project
Mark Williams

Mark Williams


General Info

Year: 1995
Duration: c. 4:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $70.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00


Movements

1. Song of the Lake
2. Festive Dance


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Chimes
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tambourine
  • Tam-Tam
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

This piece was commissioned by the Fayetteville-Manilius (N.Y.) Education Foundation for the Wellwood and Eagle Hill Middle School Bands, and was first performed on March 14, 1995, with the composer conducting. Song of the Lake is in a British folk-song style. Festive Dance is a rollicking fun-filled bit of time travel. It progresses from the Medieval and Renaissance sounds of the opening to the juicy polychords of the finale.

- Program Note from score


Media


State Ratings

  • Alabama: Class CC
  • Georgia: III
  • Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
  • Louisiana: II
  • Michigan: Senior High C
  • North Carolina: III
  • New York: Concert Band III
  • Oklahoma: III-A
  • South Carolina: IIII
  • Tennessee: IV
  • Virginia: III


Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • "Mark Williams." Alfred Music. Web. Accessed 10 September 2021
  • Miles, Richard B. 2000. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 3. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 230-233.
  • Perusal score
  • Williams, M. (1995). Highbridge Excursions [score]. Alfred Publishing: Van Nuys, Calif.