Royce Hall Suite
Healey Willan (ed. and scored William Teague)
General Info
Year: 1949 / 1952
Duration: c. 15:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony
Publisher: Associated Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Movements
1. Prelude followed by a short five-voice fugue
2. Menuet – allegro grazioso
3. Rondo-March
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute III
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Dedicated to Patton McNaughton, conductor of the U.C.L.A. Band.
- Program Note from score
Royce Hall Suite was named after the concert auditorium on the UCLA campus. It was dedicated to and premiered by Patton McNaughton and the UCLA Band in May 1949. Being somewhat unsure of this band-scoring technique, Willan chose William Teague to write the score and parts.
The opening movement begins with an organlike Prelude, followed immediately by a short five-voice fugue. The second movement, Menuet – Allegretto grazioso, is cast in the traditional song-form-with-trio construction and is scored for two horns and woodwinds. The third movement, Rondo – March, is a so-called "second" rondo (ABACA) with a martial opening theme separated by two lyrical episodes.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Royce Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Originally designed by the Los Angeles firm of Allison & Allison (James Edward Allison, 1870–1955, and his brother David Clark Allison, 1881–1962) and completed in 1929, it is one of the four original buildings on UCLA's Westwood campus and has come to be the defining image of the university. The brick and tile building is in the Lombard Romanesque style, and once functioned as the main classroom facility of the university and symbolized its academic and cultural aspirations. Today, the twin-towered front remains the best-known UCLA landmark. The 1800-seat auditorium was designed for speech acoustics and not for music; by 1982 it emerged from successive remodelings as a regionally important concert hall and main performing arts facility of the university.
The hall was named after Josiah Royce, a California-born philosopher who received his bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley in 1875.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
- Arkansas: V
- Florida: V
- Louisiana: IV
- South Carolina: V
- Tennessee: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- DePaul University (Chicago, Ill.) Wind Symphony (Daniel Farr, conductor) – 21 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 North Central Division Conference, Chicago, Ill.)
- Ohio State University (Columbus) Wind Symphony (Russel C. Mikkelson, conductor) – 11 February 2020
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Centennial March
- Ceremonial March (arr. Adams) (1967)
- Elegie Heroique (1960/1971)
- Royce Hall Suite (ed. Teague) (1949/1952)
- Soliloquy (arr. B. Wiggins)
Resources
- Healey Willan Society website Accessed 3 February 2020
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Healey Willan." Accessed 3 February 2020
- Royce Hall, Wikipedia Accessed 3 February 2020
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 642.
- Willan, H.; Teague, W. (1952). Royce Hall Suite: For Concert Band [score]. Associated Music Publishers: New York.