Schoolyard Symphony

Richard Ross Hembree

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Gary P. Gilroy Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $59.00; (digital) - $59.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00

Movements

1. Out into the Sunny Day
2. March of the Kindergarteners
3. Sitting in a Tree
4. On the Blacktop
5. Here Comes the Bully

Instrumentation

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

Whistle
Bass Drum
Bells
Claves
Cowbell
Crash Cymbals
Finger Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Triangle
Vibra-slap
Wood Block

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Schoolyard Symphony was written in 2012 for Grade 2 concert band. The piece, which begins, and ends, with a school bell solo, depicts a lively playground during which "recess" is taking place. Included in this short symphony are the March of the Kindergarteners, a playful rendition of Sitting in a Tree, a sweetheart's merry-go-round, a loner, a sixth-grade bully, and even a heroic champion who saves the day, all in the twenty-minute span of a recess session!

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Works for Winds by This Composer

Resources

The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 352.
Perusal score
Richard Ross Hembree website Accessed 25 January 2021
"Schoolyard Symphony." The Wind Band Symphony Archive. Web. Accessed 25 January 2021