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Mother Earth
Subtitle: A Fanfare
Contents
General Info
Year: 2001
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer Music
Cost: $90.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Sax I-II
Tenor Sax
Baritone Sax
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbal (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Tenor Drum
- Tom-Toms (3)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Mother Earth (A Fanfare) was commissioned by and is dedicated to Brian Silvey and the South Dearborn High School Band of Aurora, Indiana. It is based on the short poem by the influential medieval friar St. Francis of Assisi:
Praised by You, my Lord, for our sister, MOTHER EARTH,
Who nourishes us and teaches us,
Bringing forth all kinds of fruits and colored flowers and herbs.
- St. Francis of Assisi
The commission was for a three-minute fanfare piece. Each piece takes on a reason for being all its own, and Mother Earth is no exception. It became an urgent message from Our Mother to treat her more kindly! My reading at the time of writing this music was For a Future to be Possible by the Vietnamese monk and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. He believes that the only way forward is to be extremely alive and aware in our present moment, to become awake to the needs of our beloved planet, and to respond to it as a living entity. Music making allows us to come immediately awake. It is an instant connection to the powerful wellspring of our creativity, and opens our minds to the solution of any number of problems, including that of our damaged environment. My little piece does not solve the problem! But it is a living call to the wide-awake life, and it continues to be performed by young people around the world.
- Program Note by David Maslanka
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
Kansas: IV
Maryland: V
Minnesota: III
Wisconsin: A
Performances
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- Colby College (Waterville, Me.) Wind Ensemble (Eric Thomas, conductor) – 26 October 2019
- Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) Symphony Band (Chad Reep, conductor) – 13 October 2019
- Winds of the Mountain Empire (Big Stone Gap, Va.) (Donald Sorah, conductor) – 19 July 2019
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Wind Ensemble (Paul Bambach, conductor) – 30 May 2019
- Berklee College of Music (Boston, Mass.) Symphonic Winds (Dominick Ferrara, conductor) – 8 May 2019
- University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Symphonic Band (Jamal Duncan, conductor) – 28 April 2019
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Lentz Campus Band (Douglas Bush, conductor) – 25 April 2019
- Valdosta (Ga.) State University Concert Band (Benjamin Harper, conductor) – 24 April 2019
- Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Tx.) University Band (David Campo, conductor) – 16 April 2019
- Merion Concert Band (Narberth, Penn.) (Nathan Snyder, conductor) – 7 April 2019
- Summit (N.J.) High School Wind Ensemble (Alex Bocchino, conductor) – 2 April 2019
- University of Southern Maine (Gorham) Concert Band (Jacqueline Townsend, conductor) – 31 March 2019
- North Suburban Wind Ensemble (Libertyville, Ill.) (Don Shupe, conductor) – 10 March 2019
- University of Oregon (Eugene) Wind Symphony (Jason Silveira, conductor) – 7 March 2019
- University of Texas (Austin) Longhorn Concert Band (Matthew Sedatole, conductor) – 3 March 2019
- Batavia (Ill.) High School Wind Symphony (Chris Owen & Brian Van Kley, conductors) – 23 February 2019
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Shawn Vondran, conductor) – 7 December 2018
- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor) – December 1 2018
- University of San Diego (Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Jeffrey Malecki, conductor) – 29 November 2018
- West Virginia University (Morgantown) Wind Symphony (Scott C. Tobias, conductor) – 29 October 2018
- University of Delaware (Newark) Wind Ensemble (Andrea Shabazian, conductor) – 11 October 2018
- Arizona State University (Tempe) Wind Orchestra (Bruce Mansfield, conductor) – 7 November 2018
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Alex and the Phantom Band (2002/2015)
- Angel of Mercy (2015)
- California (2016)
- A Child's Garden of Dreams (1981)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1999)
- Concerto for Marimba (1990)
- Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2015)
- Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1979)
- Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (2012)
- Concerto No 2 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (2002)
- Concerto No 3 for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2016)
- Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2007)
- Desert Roads (2005)
- Fanfare-Variations on the Chorale Melody "Durch Adams Fall" (Through Adam's Fall) (2006)
- First Light (2016)
- Four Pieces for Band (1980)
- Give Us This Day (Short Symphony) (2005)
- Golden Light (1990)
- Heart Songs (2001)
- Hell's Gate (1997)
- Hosannas (2015)
- Husa (2016)
- Hymn for World Peace (2014)
- Illumination (2013)
- In Memoriam (1990)
- Laudamus Te (1995)
- Letter to Martin (2015)
- Liberation (2012)
- Little Concerto (1990)
- Mass (1996)
- Montana Music: Chorale Variations (1993)
- Morning Star (1997)
- Mother Earth (2008)
- Mountain Roads (1997)
- On This Bright Morning (2013)
- Peace (2012)
- Prelude on a Gregorian Tune (1981)
- Procession of the Academics (2008)
- Quintet for Winds Number 2
- Requiem (2013)
- Rollo Takes a Walk (1980)
- Saint Francis (2015)
- Sea Dreams for Two Horns and Wind Ensemble (1998)
- The Seeker (2016)
- Song at the End of Time
- Song Book for Flute and Wind Ensemble (2001)
- Symphony No. 2 (1987)
- Symphony No. 3 (1991/2007)
- Symphony No. 4 (1993)
- Symphony No. 5 (2000)
- Symphony No 7 (2004)
- Symphony No 8 (2008)
- Symphony No. 9 (2011)
- Symphony No. 10 (2018)
- Tears (1994)
- Testament (2001)
- Traveler (2003)
- A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter (1995)
- ufo dreams (1999)
- Unending Stream of Life (2007)
- Variants on a Hymn Tune (1995)
