Into the Clouds!

Richard Saucedo

General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 1:50
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50; (digital) - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
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
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Convertible Bass Line
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV (9 players), including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine (sticks)
Triangle
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

One of my dreams has always been to be a pilot. As a pilot, you join the ranks of those less bound by conventional limits on time, distance and personal freedom. You take off to wide-open skies in any direction on the compass. But more than that, it’s freedom as you’ve never known it, far from the commonplace. Finally, being a pilot symbolizes individualism and self-reliance. You are in control and you make the choices. There’s nothing like the experience of flight, except possibly the experience of music, and I hope the enthusiasm of both can be found in this piece.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP II
Kansas: II
Mississippi: II-A
South Carolina: III

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Sierra High School (Tollhouse, Calif.) Concert Band (Carly Ervin, conductor) - 26 March 2023 (2023 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Desert Winds Freedom Band (Palm Springs, Calif.) (Dean McDowell, conductor) - 25 March 2023
Washtenaw International High School (Ypsilanti, Mich.) Concert Winds (Brooke Pierson, conductor; Jamie Xing, flute) - 8 November 2022
Lamar University (Beaumont, Tex.) Honors Wind Symphony (Mike Howard, conductor) - 26 March 2022
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Middle School Root Honor Band (Connie Root, conductor) – 30 January 2020
Triton College (River Grove, Ill.) Community Band (Dana Legg, conductor) – 4 March 2019
Campbell University (Buies Creek, N.C. ) Wind Ensemble (Charles Dwayne Wilson, conductor) – 8 November 2018
Windham (NH) Concert Band (Rob Scagnelli, conductor) – 27 October 2018
Concordia University (Seward Neb.) Symphonc Band (Andrew Schultz, conductor) – 17 April 2018
Berea College (Berea, Ky.) Wind Ensemble (Matt Talbert, conductor) – 12 April 2016
Four Points Middle School (Austin, Tex.) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Yee, conductor) – 18 December 2015 (2015 Midwest Clinic)
Fayette (Mo.) High School Band - 11 December 2015
Granite Ridge Intermediate (Clovis, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Jose Vargas, conductor) – 17 April 2015 (2015 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Loudon County (Va.) All-District Band – 2 February 2013
United States Air Force Band of the Golden West (Fairfield, Calif.) (R. Michael Mench, conductor) – 22 March 2008 (CBDNA 2008 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)

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

Saucedo, R. (2007). Into the Clouds! [score]. Musicworks: Milwaukee, Wisc.