In Flight

Samuel Hazo

Samuel Hazo

General Info

Year: 2000 / rev. 2008
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00    |   Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Glockenspiel
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tam-Tam
• Triangle
• Tubular Bells

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In Flight is a tone poem that musically recreates the experience of flying in a fighter aircraft. In the score, one can find many musical suggestions that mimic qualities of piloting a fighter jet such as combative motifs, the serenity of the sky, the weightless feeling after a climb, breaking through the clouds, and even the shape of an actual fighter aircraft maneuver depicted in the piccolo, flute and xylophone runs.

It was composed during the summer of 2000 and premiered at Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 30th, 2001, by the Duquesne University Wind Symphony, Dr. Robert Cameron, Conductor. Since then, the recording of that performance has aired across the United States in programming sponsored and broadcast by National Public Radio. It was dedicated to my cousin, Nicholas H. Romah, who at the time of In Flight's composition had just retired from the United States Marine Corps as a full colonel.

This publication of In Flight was commissioned by Lincoln High School in Vincennes, Indiana, William J. Marsh and Jason R. King, directors.

- Program Note by Samuel R. Hazo

Media

• Audio CD: Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony (Brian Covey, conductor) - 2008

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Nampa (Id.) High School Symphonic Band (Phillip Hoesing, conductor) - 9 May 2023
• Northwest College (Powell, Wy.) Wind Ensemble (Zach Paris, conductor) - 17 October 2020
• New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble (Michael Mucci, conductor) – 17 December 2019
• Western Illinois University (Macomb) Showcase of Bands Honor Band (Gary Smith, conductor) – 23 February 2019
• David Thompson Secondary School (Vancouver, B.C.) Senior Concert Band (David Lamb, conductor) – 30 January 2019
• University of Wisconsin-Parkside Community Band (Laura Rexroth, conductor) – 18 October 2018
• Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa) Symphonic Band (Scott Muntefering, conductor) – 13 October 2018
• Lowndes High School (Valdosta, Ga.) Wind Symphony (Jon Bowman, conductor) - 25 April 2018
• Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Raider Band (Skye Brown, conductor) – 27 March 2018
• Indiana University (Bloomington) All-Campus Band (Andrew D. Chybowski, conductor) – 17 April 2017
• Lone Star Symphonic Band (Katy Texas) (Paul Hogue, conductor) 24 April 2016
• Lockport Township (Ill.) High School Wind Symphony (Brian Covey, conductor) – 19 December 2008 (2008 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)

All Wind Works

• Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
• Alleluia (2012)
• Arabesque (2008/2009)
• Arrows (2014)
• As Winds Dance (2003)
• Autumn on White Lake (2010)
• Blessings
• Blue and Green Music (2011)
• Books With Blank Pages (2015)
• Bridges (2007)
• Chorus Angelorum (2009)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
• The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
• Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
• Diamond Fanfare (2006)
• Drums of the Saamis (2014)
• Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
• Echoes (2005)
• Enchanted Spaces (2012)
• Everything Beautiful (2015)
  • The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
• Exultate (2001/2003)
• Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
• For Heaven and the Future (2016)
• From Gold (2015)
• Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
  • Rivers (2002)
  • Ascend (2005)
• Glorificare (2013)
• ...Go (2008)
• Hennepin County Dawn. See: Minnesota Portraits
• In Flight (2000/2008)
• In Heaven's Air (2002)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
• Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
• Keltic Variations (2003)
• Minnesota Portraits (2008)
  • Hennepin County Dawn
  • Rest
  • Across the Halfpipe
• Mountain Thyme (2013)
• Novo Lenio (2002)
• Olympiada (1997/2002)
• Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
• Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
• Parkour (2011)
• Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
• Psalm 42 (2004)
• The Quest (2002)
• Rest. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ride (2002)
• Rising Star (2006)
• Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
• Rush (2006)
• Seconds Out (2013)
• Sevens (2005)
• Siorai September (2011)
• Sky Is Waiting (2006)
• Sòlas Ané (2006)
• Southern Hymn (2009)
• Stella Maris (2014)
• The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
• Their Blossoms Down (2002)
• Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
• To Be (2019)
• Today Is the Gift (2006)
• Voices of the Sky (2005)
• We Meet Again (2010)
• Whisper to their Souls (2008)
• A Zillion Nickels (2015)

Resources

None discovered thus far.