Safely Rest

Nicole Piunno

General Info

Year: 2020
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00

Instrumentation

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

Bells
Chimes (optional)
Marimba
Mark Tree
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Safely Rest combines the melodies of Amazing Grace and Taps. These melodies are woven together so they can be perceived as a single unit. " 'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far. And grace will lead me home." - from Amazing Grace. "All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh." - from Taps.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Arkansas Tech University (Daniel A. Belongia, conductor)

State Ratings

Ohio: OMEA High School Band C

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Illinois (Champaign) Wind Orchestra (Barry L. Houser, conductor) - 1 March 2023
William Mason High School (Mason, Ohio) Wind Symphony (Richard Floyd, conductor) - 19 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
Boyd County High School (Ashland, Ky.) Wind Ensemble – 7 December 2021 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)

All Wind Works

Articulate March (2016)
At a Crossroads (2022)
Autumn Air (2016)
Be Still and Still Moving (2020)
Beauty Broken (2015)
Blue Radiance (2020)
Bright Shadow Fanfare (2021)
Catharsis (2020)
Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (2018)
Dance the Joy Alive (2016)
Eternity in an Hour (2016)
I Will Lament and Love (2018)
Image on Truth (2019)
Letters from the Traveling Doll (2021)
Look Not Upon Us (2011)
Monterey Sketches
Night Watches (2020)
On a Hill Far Away
Postcard from Sequoia (2019)
Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
Resound (2021)
Safely Rest (2020)
Shifting Shadows
Solace Dance (2016)
Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
The Spirit Is Willing (2023)
Spring Fanfare (2016)
Sunflower Studies (2023)
Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Through Wind and Whispers (2014)
Where Words Cannot Go (2020)
Woven
You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)

Resources

"Composer Nicole Piunno introducing Safely Rest." YouTube, 9 December 2021 – Accessed 7 July 2022
Nicole Piunno website – Accessed 7 July 2022
Perusal score