Hymn to the Dawn (flex)

Kimberly Archer

Subtitle: For Flexible Wind Band with Adaptable Parts

General Info

Year: 2007 / 2020
Duration: c. 3:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet

Part 2

Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone

Part 3

B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F

Part 4

B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F

Part 5

Bassoon
Trombone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
Euphonium

Part 6

Bassoon
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)

Timpani (optional)
Percussion (optional), including:

Bells
Chimes
Marimba
Suspended Cymbal

Players vocalizing

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Hymn to the Dawn was originally the second movement of a work for brass quintet. It was composed in memory of Charlie Carter, staff arranger for the Florida State University Marching Chiefs and one of my first composition teachers. Charlie became seriously ill while I was at graduate school. I was reluctant to face the severity of his illness and hesitated to call him in the hospital; as a result, he passed away before I had a chance to say goodbye. Although the title suggests moving forward, the music is meant to reflect the unresolved nature of my relationship with Charlie.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Concert Band (Lauren A. Ryals, conductor) - 6 October 2022
Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Symphony (Debora Traficante, conductor) - 24 February 2021

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

The Devil's Workshop (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Gentry) (2009/2020)
Hymn to the Dawn (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)

All Wind Works

American Labor Songs (2018)
Awakenings (2003)
Ballad for Aisha (2006)
Beacon (2013)
Common Threads (2016)
Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2009)
The Devil's Workshop (2009)
The Devil's Workshop (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Gentry) (2009/2020)
Emergence
Eternal Fanfare (2006)
Fanfare Aureus (2015)
Fanfare Dissensus (2022)
Fanfare Politeia (2021)
for those taken too soon... (2002)
Give the Ballot to the Mothers (2019)
GRIND! (2019)
The Hour of Wolves (2007)
Humoresque (2003)
Hymn to the Dawn (2004)
Hymn to the Dawn (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
In the Gathering Dark (2004)
Jig
Kings of Old
Moorscape (2008)
Odyssey (1998)
Panopticon (2006)
Songs of Longing and Solitude, Book I
Songs of Longing and Solitude, Book II
Supervillian (2020)
Symphony No. 1. See: for those taken too soon...
Symphony No. 2 (2003)
Symphony No. 3 (2007)
Westward Sentinel

Resources

Creative Repertoire Initiative
Kimberly Archer website Accessed 23 November 2020
Perusal score