Journey in Time, A

Erika Svanoe

Subtitle: An Interactive Musical Adventure

General Info

Year: 2020
Duration: c. 6:45
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Swan Maiden Press
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $70.00 (print) - $80.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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 I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Brake drum
Cymbals
Gong
Hi-hat
Snare Drum
Tenor Drum
Triangle
Woodblock
Xylophone

Narrator

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Adventurers! We need your help! The key to music has been stolen by a time traveling villain named Kronos and we need to return it to save music for all time! You’ll need to pursue him in our time machine called M0Z4R+ to save the day. You pick up the following signals: the Jurassic Period, the Industrial Revolution and the Mesolithic Era. What time will you choose to pursue Kronos and find the key? The choice is up to you!

A Journey in Time is an "interactive musical adventure" for band. The piece includes a narrative presentation that takes the audience through a story where they must vote to decide which path the story and the music will go next during the performance. Inspired by choose your own adventure novels, text-based computer games, and time-traveling tropes, the piece gives audiences and students a unique interactive performance experience.

- Program Note by composer

Commissioned by the Patrick Marsh Middle School Bands (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin), Chris Gleason, music educator.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. University of New Hampshire (Durham) Symphony Band (Andrew Boysen Jr., conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble (Chestertown, Md.) (Jodi Bortz, conductor) - 26 March 2023
Patrick Marsh Middle School (Sun Prairie, Wisc.) 7th Grade Band (Chris Gleason, conductor) - 10 May 2022 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
Steampunk Scenes (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)

All Wind Works

Band of Heroes (2018)
Baskerville (2019)
Category 4 (2021)
Claremont Triumphant (2011)
Clocktower Fanfare (2016)
Echoes (2018)
El Salon Mexico (as arranger) (2009)
First Suite Fanfare (2020)
Florence & Alice (2021)
Four Grainger Songs (as arranger) (2003)
The Haunted Carousel (2015)
A Journey in Time (2020)
Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (2014/2019)
Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2019/2020)
She Dares, She Leaps (2022)
Springtime Ride (2018)
Steampunk Scenes (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)
Steampunk Suite (2015/2017)
Symphony in Blue & Gold (2023)
The Town Band (2022)
Tutued Toucan Can-Can (2021)
Where no one has gone before (2023)

Resources

Erika Svanoe website Accessed 11 July 2022
Perusal score