Sakura

Michael Story

Michael Story

Subtitle: Cherry Blossoms. Traditional Japanese Folk Song

General Info

Year: 1995
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $56.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

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
Rehearsal Piano
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Snare Drum
• Temple Blocks (5)
• Triangle/Gong

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Sakura is an ancient Japanese children's song.

- Program Note by score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP III
• Louisiana: I
• North Carolina: II
• South Carolina: II
• Texas: I. Complete
• Virginia: II
• West Virginia: I

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Herschel Jones Middle School (Dallas, Ga.) Symphonic Winds (Zach Griffin, conductor) - 18 October 2022
• Peabody Institute (Baltimore, Md.) Downtown Concert Band (Karen Seward, conductor) – 14 December 2019
• Fairfax (Va.) Area Honor Band Concert – 19 March 2013

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

• Darling, John A. "Sakura. MBM Times, Issue 6 (2012), 51.
• Story, M (1995). Sakura = (Cherry Blossoms) : Traditional Japanese Folk Song [score]. Belwin Mills: New York.