Sketches of Canada

Michael Story

Traditional Canadian folk songs arranged by Michael Story

General Info

Year: 2015
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Belwin-Mills
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $62.00; (digital) - $62.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Movements

1. The False Young Man
2. The Maid on the Shore
3. Bold Wolfe

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Sketches of Canada is a three-movement suite of traditional Canadian folk songs. The first, The False Young Man, is marked “Lively.” The melody is first played by unison clarinets with light woodwind section accompaniment. The slower The Maid on the Shore (from Newfoundland) is legato cantabile throughout. The energetic closing movement, Bold Wolfe, is marked “Bright.”

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Florida: FBA Band 15-16 Adds Grade II
• Texas: III. (play all)

Performances

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Works for Winds by this Composer

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• Christmas Holiday March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
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All Wind Works

• 25 or 6 to 4 (as arranger)
• And to All a Good Night (2004)
• Astronomica (2020)
• Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Aztec Dance (1997)
• Barnburner (2017)
• Batman Theme, The (as arranger)
• Best of the West! (as arranger) (2018)
• Bruno Mars Four-Pack (as arranger) (2016/2019)
• Carnaval de Brasil (2000)
• Cartoon Christmas, A (as arranger)
• Chant de Noël (as arranger) (2016)
• The Chase
• A Christmas Celebration (1985)
• Christmas Holiday March (2020)
• Contempo (2004)
• Creepy Crawlies (1999)
• Curse of Tutankhamun, The (2001)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
• Dragon Dance (2010)
• España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/2008)
• Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger) (1918/2014)
• Fum, Fum, Fum (2010)
• Ghost Ship (2012)
• Good King Nutcracker (as arranger)
• Graduation Suite (as arranger) (2002)
• Holiday Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 1 (as arranger) (1948/2015)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (as arranger)
• Highlights from "The Wizard of Oz" (as arranger)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)
• It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (arr Story) (as arranger)
• Jingle Bell Rock (as arranger) (1957/2001)
• Land of the Thunder Dragon (as arranger) (2019)
• Livin' la Vida Loca (as arranger)
• Macarena (as arranger) (2014)
• The Magic of Harry Potter (as arranger) (2013)
• Mama Paquita (as arranger) (2016)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (as arranger)
• March of the Dwarfs (as arranger) (1891/2014)
• Medieval Dance (as arranger) (2015)
• Nautical Bits and Pieces (as arranger) (2014)
• Once upon a December (as arranger) (1997)
• Oregon Trail, The (1999)
• Pavane (as arranger) (1899/2015)
• Pax Americana (2019)
• Pentagram (2016)
• Pioneer Spirit, The
• Plaza de Toros
• Pyramid of the Sun (2013)
• Sakura (1995)
• Salute to Glenn Miller (as arranger)
• Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (as arranger) (1884/2010)
• Selections from the "Star Wars" Saga (as arranger) (1977/2006)
• Shenandoah (as arranger with Smith) (2003)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band - Vol. 1 (as arranger). See: Short Cuts for Beginning Band - No. 1
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band - Vol. 2 (as arranger). See: Short Cuts for Beginning Band - No. 2
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band - Vol. 3 (as arranger). See: Short Cuts for Beginning Band - No. 3
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band - Vol. 4 (as arranger) (2014/2016)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 5 (as arranger) (2012/2018)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band - No. 1 (as arranger) (1960/2012)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band - No. 2 (as arranger) (1981/2013)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band - No. 3 (as arranger) (1966/2014)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band - No. 4 (as arranger). See: Short Cuts for Beginning Band - Vol. 4
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band - No. 5 (as arranger). See: Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 5
• Shut Up and Dance (as arranger) (2014/2015)
• Sketches of Canada (as arranger) (2015)
• Sleigh Ride (as arranger)
• Spoon River (as arranger) (1922/2014)
• Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as arranger) (1830/2016)
• The Tell-Tale Heart (2011)
• To Honor, Thank and Remember (2002)
• Trittico: Movement I (as arranger) (1963/2011)
• Variations on a Civil War Tune (2016)
• The Wabash Cannonball (as arranger) (1904/1987)
• Wade in the Water
• The Washington Post (as arranger) (1889/1998)
• Zombie Dance (2017)

Resources

• "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist 70.5 (2015): 47. Print