Shooting Stars

Richard Saucedo

Richard Saucedo

General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 6:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00; (digital) - $95.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Shaker
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Toms (4)
• Vibraphone
• Wood Block
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This dynamic and challenging new work from Richard Saucedo is filled with rich musical imagery. The opening section features prominent roles for alto and soprano sax soloists while the percussion section provides a pulsating ostinato accompaniment. After a beautiful lyric section, the fast pace returns with antiphonal tradeoffs, and culminating in a bombastic statement from the entire ensemble.

- Program Note from publisher

Shooting Stars is a series of quasi-chamber music segments with an occasional tutti band moment here and there. The piece should be a great showcase for your soprano sax and alto sax soloists. Although there is much technique to endure, the more experienced bands should find this a fun piece to play.

My sincere thanks to Jeffrey Siepak, Director of Bands at Adlai Stevenson High School (Il.) for commissioning this work.

- Program Note by composer

Performance notes may be found in the Discussion tab, above.

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

• Westchester Symphonic Winds (Tarrytown, N.Y.) (Nathan Brewster, conductor) – 9 February 2020
• Saddleback College Wind Ensemble (Mission Viejo, Calif.) (Yorgos Kouritas, conductor) – 7 December 2017
• Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire Ill.) Honor Band – 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
• Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)

All Wind Works

• Along an English Countryside (2012)
• American Barndance (2009)
• Andante and Tranquillo (as arranger) (1943/2009)
• Angelic Festival (1998)
• Antares (1999)
• As Tears Fall on Dawn's New Light (2013)
• Asian Folk Rhapsody (2001)
• Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
• At the End of the Rainbow (2016)
• Awakening Hills (2003)
• Beyond the Clouds and Into the Heavens (2013)
• Bobbleheads! (2014)
• Brick Street Encounter (2008)
• A Brass Thing (as arranger) (2005/2007)
• Cambrian Explosion (2010)
• Caravan (as arranger) (1937/2000)
• Carol of the Night (2003)
• Celebrating My Three Best Friends (2016)
• A Celtic Christmas
• Chorale and Presto (2001)
• Christmas Festival Overture
• Cloud Dancing (2022)
• Concerto No. 1 (2016)
• Confluence (2010)
• Copacabana (as arranger) (1978/2002)
• Coventry Carol (as arranger) (2010)
• Dashing Through the Snow (2005)
• Dreamsong (2006)
• Duelin' Xylos (as arranger) (1998)
• Eagles Awake! (2017)
• Earth, Wind and Fire in Concert (as arranger) (1996)
• Everything for a Dream
• Fanfare and Call to the Post (2014)
• Fanfare for Justice (2018)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (2004)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
• Fanfare to New Beginnings (2019)
• Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber (as arranger) (1931/2005)
• Fantasy on "Deck the Halls" (2019)
• Fantasy on Keystone Chorale
• Fantasy on an Irish Air (2001)
• Finale to "Symphony No 3" (as arranger)
• The Fives Prevail! (2013)
• Flash in the Pan! (2014)
• Flight of the Thunderbird (2004)
• Forever Holding Close the Memories (2008)
• French Carol Festival (as arranger) (2002)
• Full Tilt (2008)
• Funky, Rockin' Choo Choo (2011)
• Georgian Court Fanfare (2008)
• Grasshopper Dance (2008)
• Groovee! (2010)
• A Guide Along the Pathway (2011)
• Heroes Near and Far (2016)
• Hymn for the Cream and Crimson (2006)
• Hymn to Loved Ones Lost (2016)
• If It Were Easy... (2020)
• Imagine (as arranger)
• In Perfect Silence, I Often Gaze at the New Stars (2012)
• In Search of Ancient Aliens (2020)
• Incandescence (2012)
• Interstellar Fanfare (2017)
• Into Moonlight's Mist (2016)
• Into the Clouds! (2007)
• Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
• An Irish Party in Third Class (as arranger) (1999)
• Jubilancelation! (2017)
• Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
• Lady Marmalade (as arranger)
• Legacy (2021)
• Lodestar Fanfare (2020)
• Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
• Lord of the Dance (as arranger)
• Lullaby From a Distant Star (2011)
• The Lullaby in the Mirror (2017)
• March of the Hyperion Robots (2010)
• Meeting at Tyron Palace (2009)
• Nightsong (2003)
• Noel (as arranger) (2006)
• Northwest Odyssey (2020)
• Ode to Greensleeves (as arranger) (2002)
• Of Gale Force Winds (2014)
• On Cloud Nine! (2012)
• On to the Next Frontier (2020)
• One Hit Wonders (as arranger) (2002)
• Poem Romantic No. 1 (2015)
• Persistence (2004)
• Pulsation (2009)
• Purple Whispers (2014)
• Quest for the Mountain Top
• Regal Fanfare (2002)
• Rendezvous With the Other Side (2003)
• Rhythm Danse (2007)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (2015)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
• Rondo for Band (1999)
• Scherzo for Horn and Wind Ensemble (2021)
• Scorpion! (2013)
• Shooting Stars (2011)
• Short Ride in a Fast Machine (as arranger) (1986/2006)
• Silhouette of a Dream (2018)
• Sky Dance (2010)
• Smooth (as arranger)
• Sneak Attack! (2011)
• Snow Caps (2004)
• Song and Dance (2006)
• Song of the Gandy Dancers (2007)
• Spirit of the Falcon (2003/2008)
• Spy Ring (2017)
• Sure on this Shining Night (as arranger)
• Symphony No. 1 (2007)
• Temecula Valley Fanfare (2008)
• Theme and Fugue from "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" (as arranger) (2019)
• Theme and Tirade (2009)
• Three Trails Turning West (2020)
• Through the Wormhole! (2019)
• To All Things Left Behind (2018)
• To Dance With Storm Clouds (2019)
• To This Heartbeat There Is No End (2006)
• Toccata Rhapsodic (2016)
• Triumphant Fanfare (1997)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (as arranger) (1904/2004)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)
• Valley Montage and Celebration (2015)
• Walking into History (2009)
• Waterdrops Come Spring (2017)
• What a Wonderful World (as arranger)
• When the Lovely Miss (as arranger) (2016)
• Whirlwind(s) (2005)
• Wind Dances (2018)
• Windsprints (2003)
• With Each Sunset (2005)

Resources

• Richard Saucedo website Accessed 12 September 2017