Nine, The

Randall Standridge

Randall Standridge

General Info

Year: 2018
Duration: c. 10:05
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $110.00; (digital) - $110.00   |   Score Only (print) - $20.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Voice
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Brake Drum
• Chimes
• China Cymbals
• Concert Toms (2)
• Crash Cymbals
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Splash Cymbal
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Tam-Tam
• Temple Blocks
• Triangle
• Vibraphone
• Wind Chimes
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This dramatic concert band work depicts a watershed moment in American history. Written in honor of the Little Rock Central Nine and the 60th anniversary of the integration of the Little Rock school system, this work showcases an original spiritual by the composer (Show Me the Light) that is set in conflict with opposing forces who march, shout, and jeer before the melody emerges again, triumphant. At turns tender, furious, contemplative, and triumphant, The Nine features a solo for vocalist (optionally cued for instruments) and is sure to be an audience and student favorite.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: University of Northern Colorado Band (Kenneth Singleton, conductor)

State Ratings

• Ohio: A

Performances

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• Woodlands (Tx.) Concert Band (Paul Worosello, conductor; Barron Frith, baritone) - 26 March 2023
• Lafayette High School (Wildwood, Mo.) Wind Ensemble (Brad Balog, conductor; Mira Walden, vocal) - 2 November 2022
• Perry High School (Massillon, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Ryan Smith, conductor) - 7 March 2022
• Farmington (Minn.) High School Wind Ensemble (Erin Holmes, conductor; Brian Ohnsorg, tenor) - 11 February 2021
• Bishop Carroll High School (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Symphonic Band (Chris Herard, conductor; Nicole Rodriguez, vocal) – 23 February 2020
• Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (David Robinson, conductor; Iwao Asakura, vocal) – 5 March 2019
• University of South Alabama (Mobile) Symphony Band (Jason Rinehart, conductor) - 28 February 2019
• Lesbian and Gay Band Association Emerald Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Nicole Fallin, conductor; David Sanchez, vocal) – 26 May 2018

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Aggressivo (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
• Alarm (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Beginners Rock! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Circuit Breaker (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Dark Ride (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Darklands March (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
• Deus Ex Machina (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Dragon Lord (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Earthdawn (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Fanfare for the 16th Empire (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• A Festival of Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Groovy-8 (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Havana Nights (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Hillside March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Kinetic Dances (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)
• The Lake of Sorrows (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Mechanical Monsters (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Metrodance (Reduced instrumentation) (2012/2021)
• Pacifica (Reduced instrumentation) (2019/2021)
• Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Shadow Cove March (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Siege (Reduced instrumentation) (2020/2021)
• Snake Charmer (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
• Spero (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Starfire Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Vanishing Point (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

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• Affirmation (2021)
• Afterburn (2009)
• Aggressivo (2013)
• Aggressivo (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
• Alarm (2019)
• Alarm (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Angelic Celebrations (2014)
• Argentum (2015)
• Armory (2015)
• Art(isms)
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  • Surrealism
  • Abstract Expressionism
• Battlesong (2012)
• Bazaar (2017)
• Bees. See: The Garden Suite
• Beginners Rock! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Black Cat (2021)
• Blue Sky Horizon (2022)
• The Boom Boom Galop (2017)
• Brave Spirit (2015)
• Brighton Camp March (2012)
• Buffalo Island March
• C-141 Starlifter (2015)
• A Carmen Christmas (as arranger) (2015)
• Celebration (2016)
• Celebration Tribalesque (2011)
• Celebrations for Christmas (as arranger) (2020)
• Cha'la (2018)
• Choose Joy (2022)
• A Christmas Bell Carol (as arranger) (2018)
• A Christmas Carol (2022)
• A Christmas Fanfare (2011)
• A Christmas Flourish (2017)
• A Christmas Gathering (2022)
• A Christmas Tale (2016)
• Christmas Village (2021)
• Christmas at the Circus (as arranger) (2014)
• Circuit Breaker (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• The Clapping Song (2022)
• Columbia (2022)
• Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (2014)
• Companion of My Voice (2015)
• Creer (2021)
• Dancing Lights (2020)
• Danse Bohémien (2010)
• Danse Carnivale (2013)
• Dark Ride (2018)
• Dark Ride (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Darklands Symphony
  • Darklands March (2014)
  • Darklands March (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
  • Darklands Legends (2017)
  • DarkHeart (2016)
• Daybreak March
• Deus Ex Machina (2019)
• Deus Ex Machina (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• Dominion (2021)
• The Dragon Lord (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Earthdawn (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
• El Zorro Rojo (2019)
• Extremis (2015)
• Fanfare for the 16th Empire (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Fantasia on a Theme of Camille Saint Saens (2022)
• A Festival of Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Fiat Lux (2021)
• Fields of Clover (2000/2005)
• Flowers. See: The Garden Suite
• Folk Suite for Beginning Band
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2020)
• Four (2017)
• Fragile (2022)
• Frogs. See: The Garden Suite
• Gadget (2012)
• Galactic Fanfare (2018)
• Gallowglass (2021)
• The Garden Suite (2018-2020)
  • Frogs (2018)
  • March of the Arachnids (2019)
  • Flowers (2020)
  • Bees (2020)
• Gently Blows the Summer Wind (2008)
• Gestures (2019)
• A Ghost Story. See: Symphony No. 1
• Grace (2007)
• Groovy-8 (2021)
• Groovy-8 (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Half-Past One
• Half-Past Two (2016)
• Havana Nights (2020)
• Havana Nights (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Her Majesty's Brigade (2011)
• High Voltage (2017)
• Hillside March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• A Holiday Galop (as arranger) (2013)
• Imaginarium (2015)
• Impact (2018)
• In Endless Song (2014)
• In Late November (2009)
• In Paths of Truth and Grace (2015)
• In Quiet Hours (2019)
• In Simple Faith (as arranger) (2018)
• In These Last Days of Autumn (2016)
• In the Court of the King (2013)
• Iron and Ice (2017)
• IronHeart (2014)
• The Joyful Rose of Winter (as arranger) (2018)
• A Joyous Christmas (2015)
• Kinetic Dances (2015)
• Kinetic Dances (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)
• The Lake of Sorrows. See: Tales from the Darklands
• Legacy Overture (2019)
• Life's Railway (2018)
• Little Suite for Band (2014)
• Lullabye (Waltz for Band) (2009)
• Lux Spiritus (2018)
• A Maid of Bedlam (as arranger) (2020)
• March of the Arachnids. See: The Garden Suite
• March of the Winter Elves (2016)
• March Wunderbar (2022)
• Marzo Zingaro (2017)
• Mechanical Monsters (2021)
• Mechanical Monsters (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Metalheads (2016)
• Metrodance (2012)
• Metrodance (Reduced instrumentation) (2012/2021)
• Morpheus (2016)
• Nebula (2021)
• New Era Fanfare (2013)
• The Nine (2018)
• (Not) Alone (2022)
• Ode to Joy
• Of Monsters and Men (2019)
• On a Catalonian Carol (as arranger) (2016)
• On an Olde English Carol (as arranger) (2021)
• Pacifica (2019)
• Pacifica (Reduced instrumentation) (2019/2021)
• Pandora (2007)
• The Photo Album (2020)
• Portent (2008)
• A Prayer Before Nightfall
• Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Providence (2021)
• Pulse (2014)
• Rage (2011)
• The Rains of Scarborough Fair (as arranger) (2017)
• Relentless (2016)
• Ridge Spirit Fanfare
• A Rollicking Hannukah (2018)
• The Rowan Tree (as arranger) (2010)
• Ruckus (2014)
• Santa the Barbarian (2021)
• Shadow Cove March (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Siege (2020)
• Siege (Reduced instrumentation) (2020/2021)
• Skygazer Fanfare (2015)
• Snake Charmer (2009)
• Snake Charmer (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
• Snow Angels (2014/2017)
• The Soft-Shoe Rag (2012)
• Spero (2021)
• Spero (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Spring (2021)
• Starfire Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Steel (2011)
• Still, Still, Still (as arranger) (2011)
• Stonewall: 1969 (2019)
• Sultana: 1865 (2020)
• Summer Song (2016)
• Symphony No. 1
• Taiko (2020)
• Tales from the Darklands
  • The Lake of Sorrows (2021)
  • The Lake of Sorrows (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Taiko (2020)
• Tanchōzuru (2016)
• That Old Hound Dog Rag (2009)
• Thrash (2019)
• Tiger: The Shadow Hunter (2018)
• Timepiece (2015)
• To Horizons Unseen (2019)
• Tomorrow's Celebration (2013)
• Too Much Percussion!
• Towercrest March
• unBroken (2021)
• Undecim (2015)
• Under the Cherry Blossoms (2018)
• Union Street March
• Utopia (2021)
• Vanishing Point (2019)
• Vanishing Point (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Venom (2017)
• Victory Parade March
• Warriors of the 16th Empire (2022)
• We Wish You a Scary Christmas! (2020)
• The Western Journey (2020)
• When Summer's in the Meadow (as arranger) (2019)
• When the Spring Rain Begins to Fall (2013)
• Where Words End... (2019)
• Whiplash (2014)
• Winds of Change (2016)
• The Witching Hour (2014)
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• Wolverine Summer (2018)
• A Yuletide Festival (2012)
• Zooveniers (2011)

Resources

• Perusal score
• "Randall Standridge." Show Me the Light. Web. – Accessed 5 March 2019
• Randall Standridge website Accessed 5 March 2019
• Standridge, R. (2018). The Nine [score]. Grand Mesa Music Publishers: Grand Junction, Co.