Oregon Trail, The

Michael Story

Michael Story

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 4:50
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $62.00; (digital) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Triangle
• Wood Block

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Here's a big and bold selection that captures all of the energy and drive of the American West by combining the sound of the "Western Saga" along with some shades of Aaron Copland, all set within the reach of bands at the Easy level. A salute to the men and women who traveled the Oregon Trail from Missouri to the Pacific Coast.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP II
• Tennessee: III

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Bethel Park (Penn.) High School Concert Band (Chad Thompson, conductor) – 7 May 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Christmas Holiday March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)

All Wind Works

• 25 or 6 to 4 (as arranger)
• And to All a Good Night (with Robert W. Smith) (2004)
• Annunciation (2020)
• Astronomica (2020)
• Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Ayrshire Portrait (as arranger) (2001)
• Aztec Dance (1997)
• Barnburner (2017)
• The Batman Theme (as arranger) (1989/1997)
• Best of the West! (as arranger) (2018)
• Bruno Mars Four-Pack (as arranger) (2016/2019)
• Carnaval de Brasil (2000)
• A Cartoon Christmas (as arranger) (2001)
• Chant de Noël (as arranger) (2016)
• The Chase (2013)
• A Christmas Celebration (1985)
• Christmas Holiday March (2020)
• Contempo (2004)
• Creepy Crawlies (1999)
• The Curse of Tutankhamun (2001)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
• Dragon Dance (2010)
• Encore! (2013)
• España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/2008)
• Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger) (1918/2014)
• Fum, Fum, Fum (2010)
• Ghost Ship (2012)
• Good King Nutcracker (as arranger) (2012)
• Graduation Suite (as arranger) (2002)
• Holiday Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 1 (as arranger) (1948/2015)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (as arranger) (1966/1994/2000)
• Highlights from "The Wizard of Oz" (as arranger) (1939/1999)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)
• Irish Air and Dance (2008)
• It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (as arranger) (1963/2001)
• Jingle Bell Rock (as arranger) (1957/2001)
• Land of the Thunder Dragon (as arranger) (2019)
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (as arranger, with Smith) (1945/2008)
• Livin' la Vida Loca (as arranger)
• Macarena (as arranger) (2014)
• The Magic of Harry Potter (as arranger) (2013)
• Mama Paquita (as arranger) (2016)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (as arranger) (1909/2011)
• March of the Dwarfs (as arranger) (1891/2014)
• Medieval Dance (as arranger) (2015)
• Medieval Legend (2001/2012)
• Nautical Bits and Pieces (as arranger) (2014)
• Once Upon a December (as arranger) (1997)
• The Oregon Trail (1999)
• Pavane (as arranger) (1899/2015)
• Pax Americana (2019)
• Pentagram (2016)
• The Pioneer Spirit (2010)
• Plaza de Toros (2011)
• Pyramid of the Sun (2013)
• A Saint-sational Trio! (as arranger) (2013)
• Sakura (1995)
• Salute to Glenn Miller (as arranger) (1940/1968)
• Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (as arranger) (1884/2010)
• Selections from the "Star Wars" Saga (as arranger) (1977/2006)
• Shenandoah (as arranger with Smith) (2003)
• Shut Up and Dance (as arranger) (2014/2015)
• Sketches of Canada (as arranger) (2015)
• Sleigh Ride (as arranger)
• Spoon River (as arranger) (1922/2014)
• Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as arranger) (1830/2016)
• The Tell-Tale Heart (2011)
• To Honor, Thank and Remember (2002)
• Trittico: Movement I (as arranger) (1963/2011)
• Üsküdar (as arranger, with Robert W. Smith) (2005)
• Variations on a Civil War Tune (2016)
• The Wabash Cannonball (as arranger) (1904/1987)
• Wade in the Water (as arranger) (2013)
• The Washington Post (as arranger) (1889/1998)
• Zombie Dance (2017)

Resources

None discovered thus far.