Sailing the Sky

Frank Ticheli

Frank Ticheli

General Info

Year: 2021
Duration: c. 6:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $265.00   |   Score Only (print) - $95.00

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Bongos
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Glockenspiel
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tom-toms (4)
• Triangles (small and large)
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Four versions of Sailing the Sky were commissioned by the Texas Music Educators Association in celebration of their 100th anniversary, three of which include a choral part (singing a poem by the composer), and one of which -- the present version for concert band -- is purely instrumental.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Arizona State University Wind Ensemble (Jason Caslor, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Texas at Arlington Symphonic Winds (Christopher Evans, conductor) - 27 April 2023

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
• Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
• Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
• Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
• Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
• Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
• Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
• Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)

All Wind Works

• Abracadabra (2005)
• Acadiana (2016)
• Amazing Grace (Ticheli) (1994)
• Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
• Amen! (2009)
• An American Elegy (2000)
• Angels in the Architecture (2009)
• Angels Rising (2023)
• Apollo Unleashed. See: Symphony No. 2
• Ave Maria (as arranger) (1825/2004)
• BASH (2021)
• Belle. See: Cajun Folk Songs: Belle
• Blue Shades (1996)
• Boundless River (2020)
• Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
• Cajun Folk Songs, Part One (1990)
• Cajun Folk Songs, Part Two (1997)
• Concertino for Trombone (1987/2007)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2014)
• Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2010)
• Concerto for Trumpet (1990/2021)
• Dance. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• Dancing on Water (2015)
• December Snow (2015)
• Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
• Earth Song for Band (2012)
• First Light (2013)
• Fortress (1988)
• Gaian Visions (1990)
• Ghost Tale (2020)
• Here Take This Lovely Flower. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• In Yonder Valley. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• Joy (2005)
• Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Joy Revisited (2005)
• Korean Folksongs from Jeju Island (2013)
• Life-Stream (2022)
• Loch Lomond (2002)
• Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
• Lux Perpetua (2020)
• Midnight in Nairobi (2019)
• Midnight (2019)
• Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
• Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
• Music for Winds and Percussion (withdrawn)
• Nitro (2006)
• Over the Moon (2023)
• Pacific Fanfare (1994/2002)
• Peace (2015)
• Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
• Portrait of a Clown (1988)
• Postcard (1991)
• Rest (2011)
• Sailing the Sky (2021)
• San Antonio Dances (2010)
• Sanctuary (2006)
• Serenade for Kristin (2018)
• A Shaker Gift Song (2004)
• Shenandoah (1999)
• Silver Lining (2017)
• Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs (2002)
  • In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
  • Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
  • Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Songs of Love and Life (2012)
• Sun Dance (1997)
• Symphony No. 1 (tr. Green) (2001/2011)
• Symphony No. 2 (2004)
• The Tyger (2008)
• Under the Big Top (2019)
• Vesuvius (1999)
• Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)
• Wild Nights! (2007)

Resources

• Perusal score
• Ticheli, F. (2021). Sailing the Sky: For Concert Band [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.