If It Were Easy...

Richard Saucedo

Richard Saucedo

Subtitle: Celebrating the Life of John Aylsworth

General Info

Year: 2020
Duration: c. 3:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00   |   Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-V, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Marimba
• Suspended Cymbal
• Triangle
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

I was honored when asked to write a piece in honor of John Aylsworth, an Indiana music education legend if there ever was one. John's passing was a tremendous loss to our profession, but I'm hoping this piece will conjure up some of the many wonderful memories shared by so many of his colleagues and students. A huge thank you goes to John's son, Luke, who is now in his father's former position as director of bands at Springs Valley Junior/Senior High School in French Lick, Indiana. It was Luke's idea to honor his father's memory with this piece. In reading John's eulogy, Luke stated the following...

He was a marching band state champion, state runner-up, 29-time ISSMA State Finalist, a Bands of America Grand Championship Semi-Finalist, a Kentucky Colonel. He was the Orange County Community Foundation Philanthropist of the Year, he had an Indiana House resolution written in his name when he retired, he was a state champion Fine Arts Academic Team coach, the recipient of the Indiana Music Educators Association Hoosier Musician Award. He was in the first class of inductees of the Springs Valley Hall of Fame, and was presented the prestigious Sagamore of the Wabash. You couldn't find a better educator.

- Program Note by composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
• Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)

All Wind Works

• Along an English Countryside (2012)
• American Barndance (2009)
• Andante and Tranquillo (as arranger) (1943/2009)
• Angelic Festival (1998)
• Antares (1999)
• As Tears Fall on Dawn's New Light (2013)
• Asian Folk Rhapsody (2001)
• Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
• At the End of the Rainbow (2016)
• Awakening Hills (2003)
• Beyond the Clouds and Into the Heavens (2013)
• Bobbleheads! (2014)
• Brick Street Encounter (2008)
• A Brass Thing (as arranger) (2005/2007)
• Cambrian Explosion (2010)
• Caravan (as arranger) (1937/2000)
• Carol of the Night (2003)
• Celebrating My Three Best Friends (2016)
• A Celtic Christmas
• Chorale and Presto (2001)
• Christmas Festival Overture
• Cloud Dancing (2022)
• Concerto No. 1 (2016)
• Confluence (2010)
• Copacabana (as arranger) (1978/2002)
• Coventry Carol (as arranger) (2010)
• Dashing Through the Snow (2005)
• Dreamsong (2006)
• Duelin' Xylos (as arranger) (1998)
• Eagles Awake! (2017)
• Earth, Wind and Fire in Concert (as arranger) (1996)
• Everything for a Dream
• Fanfare and Call to the Post (2014)
• Fanfare for Justice (2018)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (2004)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
• Fanfare to New Beginnings (2019)
• Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber (as arranger) (1931/2005)
• Fantasy on "Deck the Halls" (2019)
• Fantasy on Keystone Chorale
• Fantasy on an Irish Air (2001)
• Finale to "Symphony No 3" (as arranger)
• The Fives Prevail! (2013)
• Flash in the Pan! (2014)
• Flight of the Thunderbird (2004)
• Forever Holding Close the Memories (2008)
• French Carol Festival (as arranger) (2002)
• Full Tilt (2008)
• Funky, Rockin' Choo Choo (2011)
• Georgian Court Fanfare (2008)
• Grasshopper Dance (2008)
• Groovee! (2010)
• A Guide Along the Pathway (2011)
• Heroes Near and Far (2016)
• Hymn for the Cream and Crimson (2006)
• Hymn to Loved Ones Lost (2016)
• If It Were Easy... (2020)
• Imagine (as arranger)
• In Perfect Silence, I Often Gaze at the New Stars (2012)
• In Search of Ancient Aliens (2020)
• Incandescence (2012)
• Interstellar Fanfare (2017)
• Into Moonlight's Mist (2016)
• Into the Clouds! (2007)
• Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
• An Irish Party in Third Class (as arranger) (1999)
• Jubilancelation! (2017)
• Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
• Lady Marmalade (as arranger)
• Legacy (2021)
• Lodestar Fanfare (2020)
• Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
• Lord of the Dance (as arranger)
• Lullaby From a Distant Star (2011)
• The Lullaby in the Mirror (2017)
• March of the Hyperion Robots (2010)
• Meeting at Tyron Palace (2009)
• Nightsong (2003)
• Noel (as arranger) (2006)
• Northwest Odyssey (2020)
• Ode to Greensleeves (as arranger) (2002)
• Of Gale Force Winds (2014)
• On Cloud Nine! (2012)
• On to the Next Frontier (2020)
• One Hit Wonders (as arranger) (2002)
• Poem Romantic No. 1 (2015)
• Persistence (2004)
• Pulsation (2009)
• Purple Whispers (2014)
• Quest for the Mountain Top
• Regal Fanfare (2002)
• Rendezvous With the Other Side (2003)
• Rhythm Danse (2007)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (2015)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
• Rondo for Band (1999)
• Scherzo for Horn and Wind Ensemble (2021)
• Scorpion! (2013)
• Shooting Stars (2011)
• Short Ride in a Fast Machine (as arranger) (1986/2006)
• Silhouette of a Dream (2018)
• Sky Dance (2010)
• Smooth (as arranger)
• Sneak Attack! (2011)
• Snow Caps (2004)
• Song and Dance (2006)
• Song of the Gandy Dancers (2007)
• Spirit of the Falcon (2003/2008)
• Spy Ring (2017)
• Sure on this Shining Night (as arranger)
• Symphony No. 1 (2007)
• Temecula Valley Fanfare (2008)
• Theme and Fugue from "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" (as arranger) (2019)
• Theme and Tirade (2009)
• Three Trails Turning West (2020)
• Through the Wormhole! (2019)
• To All Things Left Behind (2018)
• To Dance With Storm Clouds (2019)
• To This Heartbeat There Is No End (2006)
• Toccata Rhapsodic (2016)
• Triumphant Fanfare (1997)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (as arranger) (1904/2004)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)
• Valley Montage and Celebration (2015)
• Walking into History (2009)
• Waterdrops Come Spring (2017)
• What a Wonderful World (as arranger)
• When the Lovely Miss (as arranger) (2016)
• Whirlwind(s) (2005)
• Wind Dances (2018)
• Windsprints (2003)
• With Each Sunset (2005)

Resources

• Perusal score
• Richard Saucedo website Accessed 16 March 2021