Huh!
Subtitle: "Shut off the video games, finish your homework, and go to bed." For flexible instrument chamber ensemble
General Info
Year: 1999 / 2020
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Leading Tones Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $30.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1/1a
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- Violin I
Part 2/2a
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- Violin II
Part 3/3a
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Viola
Part 4/4a
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Cello
Part 5/5a
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Bass Trombone
- Tuba
- Piano (optional)
Timpani (optional)
Percussion (optional), including:
- Bass Drum (or Drum Set)
- Bongos (or Congas)
- Cowbell (or Claves)
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Players stomping and shouting
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Huh! is the first piece in Jukka Viitasaari's series of compositions written for elementary level. The title is about what the typical adolescent might say in response to being asked do something, like "Shut off the computer games, finish your homework, and go to bed."
"Huh!"
- Program Note by Paul Niemisto
Performance Notes
Any or all of the instruments may be used for the parts as indicated above (some parts involve slight adjustments suitable for each instrument). Parts 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a and 5a are intended for beginners with even less experience. This piece also can be performed with any combination of regular and beginner parts.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.) Norseman Band (Paul Niemisto, conductor) – 17 February 2020 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Huh! (Flex instrumentation) (1999/2020)
- We Are Here! Navy Pier! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Arctic Samba (2014)
- The Community Band Suite (2019)
- Crossing the Bosporus (2017)
- The Hero's Journey
- Huh! (Flex instrumentation) (1999/2020)
- Light Up the Sky!
- Strange Dreams (2009)
- Tall Tales for Band (2016)
- We Are Here! Navy Pier! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Winds to Come (2020)