Raise the Roof

Michael Daugherty

Subtitle: For Timpani and Band

General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 13:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Michael Daugherty, through Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental | Score Only - $29.95

Instrumentation

Full Score
Timpani Solo
Piccolo (doubling Flute)
Flute I-II-III-IV
Oboes I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II (I doubling Soprano Saxophone)
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat or C Trumpet I-II-III
Horns in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Piano
String Bass (2)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:

Bass Drum (large)
Cabasa
Claves
Crash Cymbals
Finger Cymbals (large)
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Metal Plate (ringing)
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourines (small and medium)
Tubular Bells
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Raise the Roof is inspired by the construction of grand architectural wonders such as the Notre Dame Cathedral (1345) in Paris and the Empire State Building (1931) in New York City. I create a grand acoustic construction by bringing the timpani into the foreground and giving the timpanist the rare opportunity to play long expressive melodies, and a tour de force cadenza. I incorporate a wide variety of timpani performance techniques: extensive use of foot pedals for melodic tuning of the drums, placement of a cymbal upside down on the head of the lowest drum to play glissandi rolls, and striking the drums with regular mallets, wire brushes, maraca sticks and even bare hands.

Raise the Roof is in the form of a double variation. The first theme of the double variation, played initially by the tuba, is presented in various timbral and rhythmic guises such as "guaguanco". The second theme of the double variation, first heard in the flutes and then the timpani, is reminiscent of a medieval plainchant. The two themes are passed around in canons and fugues and other permutations throughout the ensemble to create elaborate patterns, as in a gothic cathedral. Raise the Roof rises toward a crescendo of urban polyrhythms and dynamic contrasts, allowing the timpani and the symphonic band to create a grand acoustic construction.

Raise the Roof for Timpani and Symphonic Band was commissioned and premiered by the University of Michigan Symphony Band. The world premiere was performed by the University of Michigan Symphony Band, conducted by Michael Haithcock, with Andre Dowell, timpani, at the National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association, at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on March 30, 2007.

- Program Note by composer

Awards

ABA/Ostwald Prize (2007)

Media

Audio: Reference recording. University of Florida (Gainesville) Wind Symphony (David Waybright, conductor)
Audio CD: Marcus High School Wind Symphony (Amanda Drinkwater, conductor; Kennan Wyle, timpani) - 2007
Audio CD: University of Michigan Symphony Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor; John Astaire, timpani) – 8 May 2022
Missouri State University (Springfield) Wind Ensemble (John Zastoupil, conductor; Todd Meehan, timpani) – 1 April 2022 (CBDNA 2022 Southwestern Conference, Waco, Tx.)
Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (David Robinson, conductor; Ben Charles, timpani) - 7 November 2019
United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Bryan P. Sherlock, conductor; David Constantine, timpani) – 6 June 2019
James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Symphonic Band (Stephen Bolstad, conductor; Caleb Pickering, timpani) – 13 March 2019
Texas Woman's University (Denton) Wind Symphony (Carter Biggers, conductor; Corey Robinson, timpani) – 10 November 2018
West Virginia University (Morgantown) Wind Symphony (Scott C. Tobias, conductor; George Willis, timpani) – 24 September 2018
Acadian Wind Symphony (Lafayette, La.) (Gerald Guilbeaux, conductor; Brett Landry, timpani) - 29 June 2018
University of Oklahoma (Norman) Wind Symphony (Michael Hancock, conductor; Lance Drage, timpani) – 20 November 2017
Los Angeles Symphonic Winds (Calabasas, Calif.) (Stephen Piazza, conductor; Theresa Dimond, timpani) – 18 June 2017
Illinois State University (Normal) Wind Symphony (Joseph Manfredo, conductor; Francis Favis, timpani)– 29 April 2017
University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) Wind Ensemble (Travis J. Cross, conductor; Caleb Conner, timpani) – 24 February 2017
University of Toronto (Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Gillian MacKay, conductor; Xuanyu Wang, timpani) - 30 January 2016
University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Wind Symphony (Brett Baecum, conductor; Timothy K. Adams, Jr., timpani) – 18 November 2015
University of Texas Wind Symphony (Jerry Junkin, conductor; Tony Edwards, timpani) – 7 April 2015
Eastman Wind Ensemble (Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor) - 28 January 2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Ensemble (Andrew McMahan, conductor; John Astaire, timpani) - 6 June 2014
VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Gary Green, conductor; Svetoslav Stoyanov, timpani) – 20 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Symphony Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor; Andre Dowell, timpani) – 30 March 2007 (CBDNA 2007 National Conference, Ann Arbor, Mich.) *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Made for You and Me: Inspired by Woody Guthrie (Adaptable Band) (2020)

All Wind Works

American Gothic (tr. Daugherty and Galyen) (2013/2019)
Asclepius (2007)
Alligator Alley (2003)
Bells for Stokowski (2002)
Bizarro (1993)
Brooklyn Bridge (2005)
Dead Elvis (1999)
Desi (1991)
Dreamachine (2014/2022)
Labyrinth of Love (2012)
Ladder to the Moon (2005)
Lift Up Thine Ears (2021/2022)
Lost Vegas (2011)
Made for You and Me: Inspired by Woody Guthrie (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Motown Metal (1994)
Niagara Falls (1997)
Of War and Peace (2017)
On the Air (2012)
Passacaglia in Primary Colors (2023)
Raise the Roof (2007)
Red Cape Tango (tr. Spede) (1993/1999)
Reflections on the Mississippi for Tuba and Band (2013)
Rio Grande (2015)
Rosa Parks Boulevard (2001)
Songs from a Silent Land (2019)
Timbuktuba (1995)
UFO (2000)
Vulcan (2014)
Winter Dreams (2015)

Resources

Battisti, Frank. The NEW Winds of Change. Meredith Music Publications, 2018, pp. 272-273.
Michael Daugherty website