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Pax Americana
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $51.00; (digital) - $51.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone/Baritone/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani (optional)
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Pax Americana (American peace) as originally the term coined for the mostly peaceful times that followed major domestic and world conflicts (the American Civil War, World War I and World War II).Although America is not currently involved in a major military conflict on the scale of these past historical events, there is much disagreement within our borders these days, both politically and ideologically. Many seem to have forgotten the ideals that have made America so great throughout the years.
Pax Americana is a celebration of the many positive things that America stands for – freedom, liberty, democracy, opportunity and the pursuit of happiness.
Pax Americana contains predominantly original material that builds gradually to a bold statement of America the Beautiful. The four distinct sections of the piece represent freedom, imagination, reverence and patriotism.
- Program Note from composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Grisham Middle School (Austin, Tx.) Honors Band (Liz Love, conductor) - 20 December 2019 (2019 Midwest Clinic)
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) (1966/1989)
- 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)
- Duel of the Fates (as arranger) (1999)
- Encore! (2013)
- España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/2008)
- Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger) (1918/2014)
- Fum, Fum, Fum (2010)
- Ghost Ship (2012)
- Ghostbusters (as arranger) (1984/2016)
- The Gladiator (as arranger) (1886/2015)
- 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)
- Overture 1812 (as arranger, with Smith) (1882/2012)
- Pavane (as arranger) (1899/2015)
- Pax Americana (2019)
- Pentagram (2016)
- The Pioneer Spirit (2010)
- Plaza de Toros (2011)
- Pyramid of the Sun (2013)
- Rockin' on Top of the World (as arranger) (2004/2005)
- 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)
- Spitfire (2007)
- Spoon River (as arranger) (1922/2014)
- Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as arranger) (1830/2016)
- The Tell-Tale Heart (2011)
- Time Warp (as arranger) (1975/2011)
- 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)
- You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch (as arranger) (1966/1994)
- Zombie Dance (2017)
Resources
"New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist. 75/2 (October/November 2020), 60. Print.