Sempre Avanti
Subtitle: Ever Forward
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 5:55
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00 | Score - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
C 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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel (or Orchestral Bells)
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Sempre Avanti, whose title translates as “Ever Forward”, was written for the Bloomfield Youth Band and premiered by that ensemble on June 17, 2005. “Sempre avanti” was the motto of Tony Marcopoto, a longtime supporter and fan of the Bloomfield Youth Band and a retired New Jersey Music Educator who taught at Newark’s Arts High School for nearly 40 years. Well into his eighties, he practiced his clarinet for an hour each day. Two years before he passed away, he suffered a stroke which paralyzed the entire right side of his face. Despite this unfortunate setback, Tony never gave up and, to everyone’s amazement, found a way to not only play the clarinet, but to once again resume his normal routine of an hour of practice each day. Tony’s “ever forward” spirit was remarkable and serves as a terrific example for everyone.
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Messiah University (Mechanicsburg, Penn.) Symphonic Winds (Travis Weller, conductor) - 26 February 2021
- All-Harford County High School Honor Band (Patrick Burns, conductor) - 5 February 2011
- Allegheny Vally High School honor Band (Patrick Burns, conductor) - 1 February 2011
- Bloomfield Youth Band (Patrick Burns, conductor) - 12 and 13 June 2010
- Bloomfield Youth Band (Patrick Burns, conductor) - 20 March 2010
- Bel Air Community Band (C. Scott Sharnetzka, conductor) - 7 May 2006
- Bel Air Community Band (Patrick Burns, conductor) - 5 May 2006
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- Anthem (Theme and Variations on the National Anthem of Poland) (2011)
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- Bal Masque (as arranger) (1893/)
- Be Thou My Vision
- Benediction (2021)
- Cadet Parade (2007)
- Celebration Fanfare
- Cortege (as arranger)
- Count Not the Hours
- Dances on the Golden Shore
- Desert Caravan
- Diamond Variations
- Electric City Celebration (2013)
- Energies: Suite for Band
- Enchanted Night
- Fairest Morning (2020)
- Fantasy on "Salve Regina" (2011)
- Fawn Grove Fanfare (2022)
- Flight of Years (2000)
- Go and Ask My Mother (as arranger) (1848/)
- Gothic Dance (2008)
- Harford Rhapsody
- The Hawk's Revenge (2012)
- Hometown (2002)
- I loved well those cities...
- An Impulse to Soar (2012)
- Joyful Spirit March (2008)
- Legend of the Omaha (2011)
- Let the Future Begin
- Lighted Streets on Quiet Nights
- Music for a Celebration (2001)
- My Love Is Fairer than Any (2019)
- Noble Vision (2021)
- North Country March
- Oasis (2017)
- Oceanport Overture
- Overture on Canadian Folk Songs (2005)
- Panis Angelicus (as arranger) (1872/)
- Perfect Trip (2006)
- A Prayer (2016)
- Prelude and Toccata (2019)
- Prelude in F Minor (as arranger) (1911/2011
- Pride and Purpose (2007)
- Regal Ceremony (2006)
- Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet and Band (2015)
- 'Round the Bend (2023)
- Ryukyu-Bushi (2012)
- Seize the Day! (Carpe Diem) (2010)
- Sempre Avanti (2008)
- Sennet (2018)
- Simmering Chesapeake
- Simple Song
- Soundtrack
- Spirit Unseen
- Splendid Star (2011)
- Spring Song (as arranger)
- The Sun Just Touched the Morning (2010)
- Suspended Animation (2007)
- Symphonic Dance (2002)
- There Will Come Soft Rains (2016)
- Three Prayers (2013)
- Time: A River of Passing Events (2009)
- Toccata (2008)
- Transformed Spring (2010)
- The Valedictory of Saint Paul
- Victory Lap
- Vignettes (2017)
- With Every Step, a Memory
- Zephyrus: God of the West Wind (2009)