McMorran Suite
General Info
Year: 1992
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute I-II
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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion (3-4 players, including):
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash, finger, and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Timpani
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells (Chimes)
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned to honor Robert McMorran for 31 years of dedicated service (Circle Pines, Minnesota), this adventurous suite features three movements with themes based on five Scottish folk songs. Expressive melodies, rollicking dance rhythms and clever bagpipe effects make this beautifully orchestrated work the perfect showcase for the mature, versatile concert band.
-Publisher Note
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Afton River Fantasy
- American Sketches (2003)
- Americana Folk Suite
- Around the World at Christmas Time
- As the Clock Ticks (2010)
- Ash Grove Fantasy (2011)
- Asian Sunrise (2003)
- Battle Suite (2013)
- Before Their Time (2017)
- Belmont County Saga (2018)
- Camperdown Way
- Canyonlands (2006)
- Caves in the Mountains (2006)
- Celebration Fanfare (2018)
- Ceremony and Lyric Song
- The Chase Through Albemarle! (2008)
- Christmas Across the World (as arranger) (2005)
- Climb Every Mountain
- Corridors of Castle Doria (2010)
- Cottonwood Canyon Rhapsody (1997)
- Courageous Spirit (2007)
- Dance at the Lake of Miramoor (2004)
- Dedication and Festival (2010)
- Do Re Mi
- Dorian Landscape (1998)
- Down Paths of Darkness (1996)
- Downing Street March
- Drummer Boy of Shiloh (as arranger)
- Duke of Bedford
- Edgar Allan Poe (2017)
- Elegy for a Rose
- Escape of the Shadow Men (2007)
- Exuberance (2005)
- Fanfare, Joyance and Chorale
- Fanfare and Aria (2004)
- Fantasia on a Theme from "The Southern Harmony" (as arranger) (2015)
- Fantasy on Psalm 100 (1999)
- Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber (as arranger)
- Fantasy on an Australian Song (2004)
- Flat Out and Wide Open (2011)
- Flourishes and Variants
- For the Glory of the Flag
- Frogs and Toads! (2009)
- From the Cedars to the Mountains (2002)
- Games (2003)
- Gates of the Minotaur (2006)
- The Ghost of the Desert (2019)
- Greek Folk Song Suite (as arranger) (2013)
- Greenland March
- Heroes and Legends (2007)
- Hillandale March
- Hoe-Down Hallelujah!
- Hymn for the King of the House of Silverbow (2005)
- In Brotherhood Abiding (2001)
- In Darkest Night (2003)
- In Old Melbourne Town (1999)
- In the Emerald City (2009)
- In the Forest Deep (2010)
- In the Land of the Lochrians (2002)
- Incantation and Shadow Dance (2011)
- Into Thin Air (2011)
- The Journey to Aeolia (2003)
- Jubilant Tribute
- Karolee Way
- Keys of Canterbury
- Knightsbridge Chronicles (1992)
- The Latin Half-Step (2000)
- Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee (as arranger)
- Letters from the Battlefield (2016)
- Like Whirlwinds (2012)
- Lincoln at Gettysburg (2009)
- Lizards! (2008)
- March Regal
- March and Ecossaise (2001)
- March of the Ladybugs (2005)
- McMorran Suite (1992)
- Memories of Kirby (2004)
- More Games! (2004)
- Muskingum Portrait (2011)
- Napoleon at Waterloo (2007)
- Northridge Overture
- Of Noble Courage (2014)
- Of Pomp and Ceremony (2007)
- Old Irish Song (as arranger)
- Olympus (2007)
- On the Banks of Prairie River (2012)
- The Peaks of Solitude
- The Pillars of Phrygia (1995)
- Raven
- Rising of the Assidium Moon (2005)
- The Road to Castlemaine (as arranger) (2019)
- Rondo Sonore
- Ryebuck Shearer (as arranger) (2001)
- Salutes and Salutations (2020)
- Scenes from Grand Lake
- Scottish Folk Rhapsody
- Screamer March, The (Jewell) (as arranger) (2006)
- Secret of the Soothsayer (2009)
- Sherlock Holmes (2018)
- Shore Song Shanty (1991)
- The Siege of Rhodes (2010)
- Sighting of the Whales (2008)
- Silent Night (as arranger) (2008)
- Silver Star Ranch (2002)
- Sing High Down (as arranger) (2015)
- Sleigh Bells and Reindeer (1992)
- Snapshots! (2008)
- Snowbird! (1999)
- Somewhere (as arranger)
- Song of the Desert
- A Southern Reflection (2020)
- Spartanburg Overture (1988)
- Spiritual (Kopetz)
- Symphony of the Hills (1999)
- The Tarantula (2008)
- Tecumseh (2004)
- Ten Thousand Miles (as arranger) (2016)
- Tune in a Popular London Style (as arranger) (2006)
- Under the Big Top (1991)
- The Valley of Darkness (2014)
- Variations on Lobe Den Herren (as arranger)
- The Voice Beneath the Waters (2009)
- Volcanic Fire (2008)
- A Walk in Central Park (2012)
- Wellington Overture
- When Full Moon's Light (2005)
- Whipsaw March (2004)
- With Praise and Celebration (2004/2005)
Resources
Kopetz, B. (1992). McMorran Suite [score]. Alfred Publishing [Van Nuys, CA].