Into the Storm
General Info
Year: 1994
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute (1 player doubling C Piccolo)
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone (div. a2)
B-flat Tenor Saxophone (div. a2)
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III (all div. a2)
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Tambourine
- Tom-tom
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone (3.5 octaves)
Errata
In Score:
- Alto Clarinet, m.143: Add a "ff" dynamic marking
- Trumpet III, m.38: Add a "sffz" dynamic marking on beat 2
In Parts:
- Tenor Saxophone, m.128: Correct articulation should be 4 slurs (beat 1 should be slur from G to E-flat, beat 2 should slur from F to C, beat 3 should slur from E-flat to D, and beat 4 should slur from C to Bb)
In Score and Parts:
- Any instrument with trills anywhere in the piece: Trills should be half-step trills
- Flute, m.90: "All" notation only denotes flutes, piccolo should be out for rest of the piece after solo
- Clarinet III, m.103, 3rd beat fermata: Written B should be C
- Alto Clarinet, m.40, beat 1: G5 quarter note should be an octave lower
- Alto Clarinet, m.125, beat 1: G5 quarter note should be an octave lower
- Potential errata noted by Matthew LeFebvre
Program Notes
Commissioned by the 1994 Augusta All-County Honors Band, Augusta County, Virginia
- Program Note from score
This work, inspired by the 1993 Storm of the Century, the great blizzard which covered much of the United States, blends the choirs and the dynamic shaping of the lines to create a stunning experience.
- Program Note adapted from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class B
- Georgia: IV
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP I
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
- Kansas: III
- Michigan: Junior High A
- Michigan: Senior High D
- Minnesota: III
- North Carolina: IV
- South Carolina: IV
- Tennessee: III
- Virginia: IV
- West Virginia: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Indiana University art South Bend Wind Ensemble (Dennis Gamble, Conductor) - 16 November 2022
- University of Central Arkansas (Conway) University Band (Tyler Lee, conductor) - 26 April 2022
- Piedmont University (Demorest, Ga.) Wind Ensemble (Anand Sukumaran, conductor) - 12 April 2022
- Lamar University (Beaumont, Tex.) Honors Wind Symphony (Mike Howard, conductor) - 26 March 2022
- Benedictine College (Atchison, Kan.) Symphonic Band (Jennifer Whyte, conductor) - 25 April 2021
- McPherson (Kan.) College Concert Band (Kyle Hopkins, conductor) – 6 May 2019
- Tar River Community Band (Greenville, N.C.) (James E. Mauser, Jr., conductor) – 23 March 2019
- Western Illinois University (Macomb) (Maddie Thielsen, conductor) – 28 April 2017
- Allan Hancock College (Santa Maria, Calif.) Concert Band (Greg Orwell, conductor) – 11 March 2017
- SLO Youth Symphony Symphonic Winds (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) (Miriam Grisso, conductor) – 11 May 2016
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- Incantations (1992)
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- Ireland (1996)
- Irish Songs (2007)
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- Journeys in Time
- King of Kings (1998)
- Krisanna's Colors (2015-2017)
- Kronos (2003)
- Latin Bell Carol (2008)
- Leroy Anderson, a Legacy in Sound (as arranger) (1991/2008)
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (as arranger, with Story) (1945/2008)
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- March Grandioso (as arranger) (1909/2007)
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- Mirages (2009)
- Morpheus (2004)
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- Mutations (2023)
- A Nation's Strength (2003)
- Navarro (2009)
- North Bay Vistas (2007)
- The Odyssey. See: Symphony No. 2, "The Odyssey"
- On Eagle's Wings (1999)
- Overture 1812 (as arranger, with Story) (1882/2012)
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- The Prairie is My Garden (2018)
- Prevailing Winds (2009)
- Promising Skies (2010)
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- The Quest. See: Symphony No. 3, "Don Quixote"
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- Red. See: Krisanna's Colors
- Reflections in Moonlight (as arranger) (1801/2007)
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- Rites of Tamburo (1999)
- Repercussions (2007)
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- Sancho and the Windmills. See: Symphony No. 3, "Don Quixote"
- Scaling the Mountains of Time (2022)
- Semper Liberi (1998)
- Sensei's Ride on the Cherry Blossom Express (2010)
- Serengeti Dreams (2000)
- Shenandoah (arr. Smith and Story) (2003)
- Soaring Over High and Low Country (2022)
- Solaris (2009)
- Songs of Earth, Water, Fire and Sky (1998)
- Songs of Sailor and Sea (1997)
- The Sound and the Fury (1999)
- Southwest Summer (2009)
- The Spirit of Orpheus (1998)
- Spirit of the Winds (2007)
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- Suite for the Heroes Among Us (2018)
- Summer Nights (2016)
- The Sword of Kings (2007)
- Symphonic Festival (1991)
- Symphonic Statement (2006)
- Symphony No. 1, "The Divine Comedy" (1994-1997)
- The Inferno (1995)
- Purgatorio (1997)
- The Ascension (1994)
- Paradiso (1996)
- Symphony No. 2, "The Odyssey" (1999-2004)
- The Iliad (2001)
- The Winds of Poseidon (1999)
- The Isle of Calypso (2001)
- Ithaca (2004)
- Symphony No. 3, "Don Quixote" (2008)
- Symphony of Souls (2007)
- The Tempest (1995)
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- Twelve Seconds to the Moon (1996)
- Twister (as arranger) (1996)
- Ultimatum (2009)
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- Üsküdar (with Michael Story) (2005)
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- Vaughan Williams Suite
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- When Summer Takes Flight (2002)
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Resources
- Perusal score
- Robert W. Smith website Accessed 6 September 2021