San Antonio Dances

Frank Ticheli

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 10:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $175.00 | Score Only - $26.50

Movements

1. Alamo Gardens - 5:25
2. Tex-Mex on the Riverwalk - 4:30

Instrumentation

Full Score
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
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos (optional)
Castanets
Claves
Cowbell
Crash Cymbals
Maracas
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Timbales
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

San Antonio Dances was composed as a tribute to a special city, whose captivating blend of Texan and Hispanic cultural influences enriched my life during my three years as a young music professor at Trinity University. It has been 20 years since I lived in San Antonio, but the city still tugs at my heartstrings and lives in this music.

The first movement depicts the seductively serene Alamo Gardens and its beautiful live oak trees that provide welcome shade from the hot Texas sun. A tango mood and lazily winding lines give way to a brief but powerful climax depicting the Alamo itself.

The second movement’s lighthearted and joyous music celebrates San Antonio’s famous Riverwalk. Inspired by the streets and canals of Venice, Italy, architect Robert Hugman proposed his idea of converting the San Antonio riverfront into a beautiful urban park back in the 1920s. It took decades to complete, but the Riverwalk eventually became a reality -- a 2-1/2 mile stretch of stunningly landscaped waterfront lined with hotels, restaurants, night clubs and shops.

Picture a group of friends seated at an outdoor patio of one of the Riverwalk’s many Tex-Mex restaurants, enjoying the scenery, the food, the company. In time, the evening settles in, the air cools, the mood brightens, the crowd picks up, and music is heard from every direction. Before you know it, the whole place is one giant fiesta that could go on forever.

Viva San Antonio!

- Program note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. University of North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor)
Audio CD: Dallas Wind Symphony (Jerry Junkin, conductor).

State Ratings

Texas: IV. Complete

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Rhode Island (Kingston) Alumni Wind Ensemble (Brian Cardany, conductor) - 11 February 2023
Tallahassee (Fla.) Winds (Patrick Dunnigan, conductor) - 27 September 2022
OMEA District 4 & 7 Viking Band (Birch Browning, conductor) – 13 November 2021 (OMEA All-State Conference 2021, Cleveland State University)
Florida State University (Tallahassee) Wind Ensemble (Thomas Willmann, conductor) - 9 November 2021
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (David Roush, conductor) – 17 October 2019
Baylor University (Waco, Texas) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) – 26 April 2019
University of Kentucky (Lexington) Concert Band (Dana Biggs, conductor) - 14 April 2019
Walled Lake (Ohio) Central High School Wind Ensemble (Dave Rogers, conductor) – 7 March 2019
Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Gregory Drane, conductor) – 25 April 2018
State College (Penn.) Area Municipal Band (Ned Deihl, conductor)- 15 April 2018
Houghton (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble (Timothy McGarvey) - 14 April 2018
University of Colorado Boulder Concert Band (Matthew Dockendorf, conductor) – 26 February 2018
Spartan Youth Wind Symphony (East Lansing, Mich.) (Simon Holoweiko) – 3 December 2017
Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Symphonic Band (Kirk Saville, conductor) – 7 November 2017
Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, Ohio) Symphonic Band (Dwight Oltman, conductor) – 21 April 2017
Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.) Symphonic Band (Matthew Arau, conductor) – 4 March 2017
Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Scott Rabeler, conductor) – 15 May 2016
California State University, Northridge, Wind Ensemble (Lawrence Stoeffel, conductor) – 3 May 2016
University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Symphonic Band (Anthony Falcone, conductor) – 28 April 2016
Stiles Middle School (Leander, Tex.) Honors Band (Darcy Potter Williams, conductor) - 17 December 2015 (2015 Midwest Clinic)
Purdue University Wind Ensemble (Jay S. Gephart, conductor) – 22 November 2015
Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Symphony Band (Caroline Hand, conductor) – 30 September 2015

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

Frank Ticheli website Accessed 6 July 2020
Heidel, Richard Mark. "San Antonio Dances." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 616-625. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.