Missouri Shindig

H. Owen Reed

General Info

Year: 1951
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ballerbach Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $10.00

For availability information, see Discussion area.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Ratchet
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Missouri Shindig, which is based on an old square dance tune, Give the Fiddler a Dram, is the composer's impression of a rural Missouri hoe-down.

-Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Keystone Wind Ensemble (Jack Stamp, conductor) - 2004

State Ratings

Michigan: Senior High AA

Performances

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Neshaminy High School (Langhorne, Penn.) Wind Ensemble Michael Lipton, conductor) - 28 April 2023
River Valley Wind Ensemble (Kankakee County, Ill.) (David Conrad, Conductor) – 6 May 2018
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Penn.) Symphony Band (Stephanie Caulder, conductor) – 8 October 2017
Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Symphonic Band (Kirt Saville, conductor) - 11 February 2016
Michigan State University Symphony Band (John T. Madden, conductor) – 29 September 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Resources

H. Owen Reed website Accessed 10 February 2022
Reed, H. (1951). Missouri Shindig: For Band [score]. Ballerbach: San Antonio, Texas.