Shimmering Joy

Tyler Grant

Tyler Grant

General Info

Year: 2018
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: II-1/2+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Marimba
• Shakers
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Triangle
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This colorful and energetic fanfare projects confidence, power and stability. The music has a complexity that will stun audiences as the ensemble explores the brilliant textures and harmonies.

- Program Note from publisher

In this short three-minute fanfare, I had one simple and concise aim -- to write an expression of pure joy. In a day and age when we are surrounded by sadness and tragedy, this work seeks to shine light on the good things we may often forget from time to time. Bold and declarative statements juxtaposed with sweeping lyrical passages are sprinkled with muted brass entrances that add a sense of charm and wit to the work. While the tempo stays the same throughout, the rhythmic ideas continually compound upon each other to project a relentlessness ambition which drives all the way through.

- Program Note by composer

Commissioned by the Mount View Middle School Concert Band, Marriottsville, Maryland, Jonathan Sindler, Director; Shelly Williams, Director Emeritus.

- Program Note from score

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

• Fulton County (Ga.) High Honors Band (J. Nick Smith, conductor) - 12 February 2023
• The Ohio State University (Columbus) University Band (Alex Mondragon, conductor) - 29 September 2022
• Michigan State University (East Lansing) Spartan Youth Wind Symphony (Arris Golden, conductor) – 21 November 2021
• University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg) Concert Band (Travis Higa, conductor) - 5 October 2021
• Illinois State University (Normal) Symphonic Band (Marykatheryne E. Kuhne, conductor) – 4 October 2019
• Cameron (Mo.) High School Symphonic Band (Blake Duren, conductor) – 28 April 2019
• Granite Ridge Intermediate School (Fresno, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Jose Vargas, conductor) – 12 April 2019 (2019 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
• Kings County (N.Y.) Community Band (Jasmine Britt, conductor) – 31 March 2019
• Granite Ridge Intermediate School (Fresno, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Jose Vargas, conductor) - 15 February 2019 (2019 CASMEC Conference, Fresno)
• Centennial High School Wind Ensemble (Ellicott City, Md.) (David Matchim, conductor) - 20 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Downtown Strut (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)

All Wind Works

• Along the Beaches of Normandy (2009)
• Anthem of an Era (2013)
• Ash & Stone (2019)
• ...at Twilight (2014)
• Banner of the Sky (2018)
• Banshee of the Badlands (2019)
• The Best of Rooms (as arranger) (1963/2017)
• Breakthrough (2022)
• Castle Gate, 1924 (2012)
• Chant and Fire Ritual (2011)
• Downtown Strut (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Epic Venture (2015)
• Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
• Ergo (2022)
• Fanfare for 'Our Time' (2020)
• Fanfare for Athena (2020)
• Fanfare for the Gold (2023)
• From the Concord Chronicles (2016)
• Ghosts of the Lost Ship (2014)
• Hope Rising (2022)
• Housetop Holiday Jam! (as arranger) (2011)
• Illustrations (2013)
• Miles in the Sky (2015)
• Mission: Apollo (2015)
• Now & Forever March (2023)
• Paceline (2018)
• Pacific Grooves (2022)
• Panoramic Fanfare (2014)
• Panoramic Landscapes (2015)
• Prevailing Fire
• Resplendent Light (2016)
• River Poem (2019)
• The Sacred Spheres (2021)
• Shimmering Joy (2018)
• Solace in the Equinox (2017)
• Sweet Dreams (2022)
• Tale of the Sword
• Terminal Velocity (2014)
• Winds of Celebration (2012)

Resources

• Perusal score
• Tyler Grant website Accessed 14 December 2018