Life Dances
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c.7:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Curnow Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $13.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Claves
- Crash Cymbals
- Flexatone
- Gong
- Marimba
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Filled with humor, pathos, excitement and surprise, this brilliant overture offers much for your concert band to experience. Many intriguing and unpredictable turns captivate the listener before culminating in a boisterous ending. The rhythmic interplay is both exciting and interesting. This aptly portrays the vigor and passion of life.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the York High School Symphonic Band of Elmhurst, Illinois, Ronald Polancich, Conductor.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Norske Marines Musikkorps
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
- Louisiana: III
- Michigan: Senior High A
- Mississippi: VI-A
- North Carolina: VI
- Tennessee: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Genesee Valley (Batavia, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (John Maguda, conductor) – 19 November 2017
- Rochester Adams High School (Rochester Hills, Mich.) Wind Ensemble – 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Accolade (2011)
- Amazing Grace (2011)
- Barbarossa (1995)
- Caprice (1989)
- Cause for Celebration (2001)
- Creed (1988)
- Drums of Daruma (2003)
- Fantasy on a Mountain Song (2010)
- Jericho (as arranger) (1995)
- Kenya Contrasts (1996)
- Labyrinth
- Latin Folk Song Trilogy (2000)
- Life Dances (2002)
- The Quest
Resources
- Himes, W. (2002). Life Dances [score]. Curnow Music Press: Wilmore, Ky.