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Dana Wilson

General Info

Year: 2003
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $12.95

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II (I doubling Piccolo)
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon (optional)
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-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Afushi
Bass Drum
Bongos
Conga Drum
Glockenspiel
Gong (Tam-tam)
Mark Tree
Ride Cymbal
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbals (small and medium)
Timpani (3)
Tom-Toms (3)
Triangle (small)
Xylophone

Errata

Oboe, m.68: Second slur connects to C in next measure.
Bassoon, m.47: Slurs missing on 4th-6th, 10th-12th 16th notes.
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III, m.56: Slur first three 16th notes.
B-flat Soprano Clarinet III, m.15: F natural
B-flat Soprano Clarinet III, m.9: B should be B-flat.
E-flat Alto Saxophone, m.38: Slur all notes in first two beats.
E-flat Alto Saxophone, m.39: Slur 16ths and staccato on last eighth.
E-flat Baritone Saxophone, m.93: Slur all notes in first beat but staccato on beginning of beat 2.
Saxophones (all), m.68: Second slur connects to C in next measure.
Saxophones (all), m.79-86: Should be staccato on beat 3.
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV, m.5: Time should be one measure of 2/4; m.6 returns to 3 / 4.
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV, m.86: Staccatos missing in trumpets on 8th notes on beats 3 and 4
Horn in F I-II-III-IV, m.94: Trill B-flat.
All instruments with figure, m.11-12: End of beat two should be tied to beginning of beat three.

Alternate B-flat Bass Clarinet and Double bass parts available on Dana Wilson website

Program Notes

Shortcut Home is a rousing, rather elaborate fanfare that features each section of the ensemble. Drawing upon various jazz styles, the music proclaims and cascades, always driving towards the "home" of the final, C Major chord.

Shortcut Home was commissioned by the Hillsborough (New Jersey) High School Band, Mindy Scheierman, director.

- Program Note by composer

Three minutes in duration, the work features 17 meter changes in its 94 measures.

- Program Note from Austin Symphonic Band concert program, 2 April 2018

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Ithaca College Wind Ensemble (Stephen Peterson, conductor)

State Ratings

Kansas: IV
Louisiana: III
Michigan: Senior High AA
North Carolina: VI
Texas: IV. Complete

Performances

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University of Florida (Gainesville) Tuesday/Thursday Morning Concert Band (Archie G. Birknerr, conductor) - 28 February 2022
State University of New York, Fredonia, All College Band (Daryl Warren, conductor) – 4 March 2020
Grand Street Community Band (Brooklyn, N.Y.) (David Blumenthal, conductor) – 14 December 2019
Capitol Symphonic Winds (Hartford, Conn.) (Dan D’Addio, conductor) – 11 December 2019
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Symphony Band (Phillip A. Ostrander, conductor) – 22 November 2019
University of North Texas (Denton) University Band (Brett Penshorn, conductor) – 6 November 2019
Texas A&M University (Lubbock) Symphonic Winds (Travis Almany, conductor) – 13 October 2019
Bowling Green (Ohio) State University Concert Band (Bruce Moss, conductor) – 3 October 2019
Colorado Mesa University (Grand Junction) Wind Symphony (Calvin Hofer, conductor) – 10 May 2019
California State University, Los Angeles Wind Ensemble (Emily Moss, conductor) – 8 May 2019
University of Oklahoma (Norman) Boomer Band (Brian Britt, conductor) – 18 April 2019
Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Symphonic Band (Brian Youngblood, conductor) – 18 April 2019
University of Colorado Boulder Concert Band (Matthew Dockendorf, conductor) – 25 February 2019
Moline (Ill.) High School Symphonic Band (Zach Morton, conductor) – 23 February 2019
Southwest Washington (Camas) Wind Symphony (Patrick Murphy, conductor) – 21 October 2018
Kansas State University (Manhattan) Wind Symphony (Alex Wimmer, conductor) - 17 October 2018
Wisconsin Lutheran College (Milwaukee) Concert Band (Terry S. Treuden, conductor) – 5 October 2018
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Wind Ensemble (John R. Locke, conductor) – 27 September 2018
University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) Wind Ensemble (Tyler Farrell, conductor) – 30 May 2018
Houghton (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble (Timothy McGarvey) - 14 April 2018
University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) Campus Band (Jason Gardner, conductor) - 7 March 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

A complete list of Dana Wilson's compositions may be found here:

Avatar, The (2005)
Awakening... (2011)
The Banquet (2017)
Black Nightshade (2004)
Calling, Ever Calling (1990)
Clarion Call (1988)
Colorado Peaks (2009)
Concerto for Double Bass and Wind Ensemble (2010)
Concerto for Drum Set and Wind Ensemble (2021)
Concerto for Horn and Wind Ensemble (1997)
Concerto for Jazz Piano and Wind Ensemble (2019)
Concerto for Trombone (2015)
Concerto for Tuba (Wilson) (2012)
Conjurer, The (2015)
Dance of the New World (1992)
Day Dreams (2006)
Evolution (1999)
Fanfare for a New Center (2011)
Fanfare for Karel (2017)
Footsteps (2010)
Front Burner (2020)
How Very Close (2012)
Io Rising
Kah! Out of Darkness (1999)
Last Ride to Solutré (1998)
Leader Lieder (1993)
Liquid Ebony (2006)
Liquid Gold (2005)
May the Road Rise Up to Meet You (2013/2019)
Odysseus and the Sirens (2008)
Of my dream before me... (2021)
Old Number One (2017)
On Fire! (2017)
Piece of Mind (1987)
Primal Worlds (2000)
Quintessence (2019)
Sang! (1993)
Searching for Lost Dreams (2013)
Shakata: Singing the World into Existence (1989)
Shortcut Home (2003)
Speak to Me (2010)
...the harder they fall (2004)
the most sacred of times (2022)
Time Cries, Hoping Otherwise (1991)
To Set the Darkness Echoing (2005)
Uprising (1995)
Vortex (1999)
When I Am Gone Away (2006)
Winds on the Steppes (1994)

Resources

Dana Wilson website.
Wilson, D. (2003). Shortcut Home: For Band or Wind Ensemble [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: New York.