Sevens

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Samuel Hazo

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 3:53
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $85.00 | Score Only - $15.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Concert Toms (2)
Crash Cymbals
Gong
Ride Cymbal
Snare Drum
Timbales
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by the 2005 South Carolina CBDNA Collegiate Honor Band, Dr Leslie Hicken, SC-CBDNA Commissioning Committee Chairperson, Colonel Lowell E. Graham, D.M.A. (USAF Ret.), World Premiere Conductor

- Program Note from score

This jazz-flavored "barnburner" for wind symphony pays homage to the innovative concepts of George Gershwin and modern-day jazz composer Gordon Goodwin. The title refers to the common jazz seventh chord, the number of notes in many of the phrases of the piece, the 7/16 time signature that is found throughout the work and even the letter G, which is the seventh letter of the alphabet and Gershwin and Goodwin's shared initial.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Kansas: IV
Louisiana: V
North Carolina: VI
South Carolina: V

Performances

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East Tennessee State University (Johnson City) Concert Band (Reilly Fox, conductor) - 2 March 2023
Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group I (Darren Allen, conductor) - 1 May 2022
University of Central Florida (Orlando) University Band (Danny Santos, conductor) – 23 February 2020
Whitman College (Walla Walla, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Gary Gemberling, conductor) – 10 November 2019
University of California, Santa Barbara, Wind Ensemble (Enoch Matsumura, conductor) – 29 November 2018
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Symphonic Band (Kelvin Jones, conductor) – 20 November 2018
Vassar College and Community Wind Ensemble (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) (James Osborn, conductor) – 30 April 2017
LUUMS Symphonic Wind Orchestra (Leeds, England) - 2014
University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) Wind Ensemble (James Popejoy, conductor) – 9 March 2006 (CBDNA 2006 North Central Division Conference, Evanston, Ill.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)

All Wind Works

Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
Alleluia (2012)
Arabesque (2008/2009)
Arrows (2014)
As Winds Dance (2003)
Autumn on White Lake (2010)
Blessings
Blue and Green Music (2011)
Books With Blank Pages (2015)
Bridges (2007)
Chorus Angelorum (2009)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
Diamond Fanfare (2006)
Drums of the Saamis (2014)
Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
Echoes (2005)
Enchanted Spaces (2012)
Everything Beautiful (2015)
- The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
Exultate (2001/2003)
Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
For Heaven and the Future (2016)
From Gold (2015)
Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
- Rivers (2002)
- Ascend (2005)
Glorificare (2013)
...Go (2008)
Hennepin County Dawn. See: Minnesota Portraits
In Flight (2000/2008)
In Heaven's Air (2002)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
Keltic Variations (2003)
Minnesota Portraits (2008)
- Hennepin County Dawn
- Rest
- Across the Halfpipe
Mountain Thyme (2013)
Novo Lenio (2002)
Olympiada (1997/2002)
Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
Parkour (2011)
Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
Psalm 42 (2004)
The Quest (2002)
Rest. See: Minnesota Portraits
Ride (2002)
Rising Star (2006)
Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
Rush (2006)
Seconds Out (2013)
Sevens (2005)
Siorai September (2011)
Sky Is Waiting (2006)
Sòlas Ané (2006)
Southern Hymn (2009)
Stella Maris (2014)
The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
Their Blossoms Down (2002)
Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
To Be (2019)
Today Is the Gift (2006)
Voices of the Sky (2005)
We Meet Again (2010)
Whisper to their Souls (2008)
A Zillion Nickels (2015)

Resources

Hazo, S. (2005). Sevens [score]. Musicworks: Milwaukee, Wisc.