New Century Dawn

David Gillingham

David Gillingham

Subtitle: Ceremonial Fanfare and Chorale for Winds and Percussion

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 5:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $96.00; (digital) - $96.00   |   Score Only (print) - $20.00

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drums (2)
• Bells
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Crotales
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tam-tam (large)
• Triangle
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A celebratory fanfare and chorale for winds and percussion. The work is intended to evoke feelings of anticipation and optimism about the advent of the new millennium.

Dedicated to Joseph Missal, Oklahoma State University

- Program Note from publisher

Gillingham’s New Century Dawn is a rather untraditional fanfare and chorale. Instead of the fanfare and following chorale functioning as their own closed sections, Gillingham blurs the line between the two in exuberant celebration. The opening highly arpeggiated and dramatic horn riffs quickly give way to smoothly written chorales; and later in the piece, listen for warm chorale sections that begin in the low brass grow and grow until they return to joyous fanfare.

The composer states that the work is intended to evoke feelings of anticipation and optimism about the advent of the new Millennium. If so, then Gillingham’s piece is so thoroughly imbued with hope and excitement for the future that it transcends expected forms.

– Program Note by Margaret Eronimous for the Indiana University Concert Band concert program, 5 October 2021

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble (Joseph Missal, conductor)- 1999

State Ratings

• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
• Louisiana: IV
• Oklahoma: V-A

Performances

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• Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Concert Band (Cory Near, conductor) - 9 October 2022
• Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Jason Nam, conductor) - 5 October 2021
• Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Trae Blanco, conductor) – September 2014
• Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton) Wind Ensemble (Kyle Prescott, conductor) – 27 February 2008 (CBDNA 2008 Southern Division Conference, Columbus, Ga.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Appalachian Counterpoint (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• At Morning's First Light (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
• Scherzo d'Espoir (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Three Ships (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

• Abiquiu (2010)
• Aerodynamics (2003)
• America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/2018)
• And Can It Be? (2000)
• Angels of the Apocalypse (2013)
• Apocalyptic Dreams (1995)
• Appalachian Counterpoint (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Assurance
• At Evening's First Star (2019)
• At Morning's First Light (2004)
• At Morning's First Light (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
• Au Sable River Festival (2002)
• Be Thou My Vision (1999)
• Bells of Freedom (2002)
• Beneath the Sacred Light (2015)
• Bright Gleams a Beacon (2012)
• Cantus Laetus (2001)
• Century Variants (2009)
• Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1997)
• Concerto for Euphonium, Winds and Percussion (2009)
• Concerto for Horn and Symphonic Band (2008)
• Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Wind Ensemble (1984/2006)
• Concerto No. 2 for Marimba and Wind Ensemble (2008)
• Concerto for Piano, Percussion and Wind Orchestra (arr. Fisher) (2005)
• Council Oak (2002)
• A Crescent Still Abides (1998)
• Crest of Honor (2005)
• Double F Fanfare (2008)
• Drums of Rwanda (2014)
• The Echo Never Fades (2004)
• Finale, from All Hail the Power
• Fire Up
• Foster's America (2003)
• Foundations (2017)
• Galactic Empires (1998)
• Glorified (2010)
• Heroes, Lost and Fallen (1990)
• Homage (2012)
• Home Again (2016)
• Internal Combustion (1999)
• Intrada Jubilante (1979/1999)
• Jeju Memoir (2019)
• Joyau (2019)
• Keep Silence (2004)
• Kentucky Home (2012)
• A Light Unto the Darkness (1997/1998)
• Mansions of Glory (2007)
• New Century Dawn (1999)
• No Shadow of Turning (2005)
• Point of Reckoning (arr. Daughtrey) (2015)
• Providence (2003)
• Quintessence I (1997)
• Quintessence II (2006)
• Radiant Moonbeams (2007)
• Rising Star
• Sails of Time (2006)
• Scherzo d'Espoir (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Serenade for Winds and Percussion (2000)
• Seven Bagatelles (2014)
• Song Shall Never End, The (2014)
• Sub-Saharan Rhythm (1998)
• Symphony No. 2 (2007)
• Three Ships (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Vintage (1990)
• Vital Signs of Planet Earth (2015)
• Waking Angels (1997)
• When Speaks the Signal Trumpet Tone (1999)
• While the Dew Is Still on the Roses (2013)
• With Heart and Voice (2000)

Resources

• David Gillingham website] Accessed 5 October 2021
• Gillingham, D. (1999). New Century Dawn: Ceremonial Fanfare and Chorale Winds and Percussion [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.
• Perusal score