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On the Banks...
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $78.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Floor Tom
- Ride Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
On the Banks was commissioned by the Fountain/Warren Bi-County Honor Band to celebrate 30 years of musical collaboration. I was tasked with writing a celebratory and uplifting piece somehow relating to the Wabash River, which forms the border between the two counties.
The river is perhaps Indiana's most significant geographical feature, and has inspired a great deal of culture. In particular, two musical works (On the Banks of the Wabash and Back Home in Indiana) prominently feature the visual of moonlight on the Wabash. The opening statement of this work reflects this serenity and nostalgia.
Next, conflicts that have taken place along the river are portrayed in music, including the Battle of Tippecanoe just to the northeast. We then move to a much more uplifting style, based on the melody from the opening section, transforming rhythms from the conflict section.
Throughout the piece, brief quotations from the aforementioned sections are interspersed to give a stronger tie to the Indiana heritage that is so proudly cherished by the communities along our river. Having lived in Indiana now for half my life, and within walking distance of the Wabash River for 14 years, it is a great honor to have been given the opportunity to write this music.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
- Ohio: OMEA High School Band B
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Adventure Begins! (2015)
- All Aboard! (2014)
- All Star (as arranger) (2019)
- At Ease! (2010)
- At Peace (2017)
- Baba Yetu (arr. Conaway) (2005/2020)
- Captive (2017)
- Celebrate the Season (2014)
- Chillaxin' (2012)
- Clash of the Carolers (2009)
- Dance of the Dawn (2018)
- Dance of Chivalry (2016)
- The Dark Waters (2016)
- Dominance (2012)
- Dreams of Victory (2011)
- Elephants (as arranger) (2012)
- Elf Dance (2016)
- Eventide (2011)
- Factory Riffs (2015)
- Faith (2013)
- Fanfare for the Unsung Hero (2012)
- Fate of the Gods (as arranger) (2001/2009)
- Firing on All Cylinders (2019)
- Fly By! (2015)
- Hanukkah Dance (as arranger) (2010)
- Havana (as arranger) (2018)
- Heartstrings (2010)
- High Hopes (as arranger) (2019)
- How Far I'll Go (as arranger) (2017)
- Implacato (2016)
- Into the Sunset (2014)
- Invocation and African Dance (2012)
- Jingle Jumble (2015)
- Joyful is the Morning Sun (2013)
- A Jubilant Overture (as arranger) (1970/2011)
- Mighty Towers (2015)
- Minimalist Dances (2014)
- National Emblem March (as arranger) (1906/2014)
- On the Banks... (2015)
- One with the Wind (2010)
- The Parting Glass (as arranger) (2019)
- Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons (as arranger) (2002/2012)
- Power and Pride (2016)
- Prelude on a German Hymnsong (2012)
- Primeval Stormfront (2010)
- Pursuit (2009)
- The Quest for Greatness (2016)
- Saxes on the Seas (2015)
- Scherzo for Santa (2011)
- Shape of You (as arranger) (2017)
- Shut Up and Dance (2015)
- Sidetracked! (2011)
- Snakebite! (2008)
- Sogno di Volare (as arranger) (2019)
- Sol Invictus (2009)
- Sparkling Lights (2016)
- Stars and Angels (2010)
- Sussex Mummers (Carol)
- Tantrum (2014)
- Toboggan Run (2011)
- Try Everything (as arranger) (2016)
- Waltz of the Wraiths (2017)
- When Santa's Away, the Woodwinds Will Play! (2013)
- The Witch and the Saint (as arranger) (2004/2010)
- Woodwinds of Mass Destruction (2017)
- You're Welcome (as arranger) (2017)
- Zeal (2014)
Resources
- Conaway, M. (2015). On the Banks [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
- Perusal score