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Solar Flare (Jenkins)
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Derek Jenkins
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00; (digital) - $20.00
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 I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Sandpaper Blocks
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-Toms (2)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
It is the stars,
The stars above us, govern our conditions.– William Shakespeare’s King Lear
Our sun has represented different things throughout history. It was a deity. An indirect source of food. A supplier of light. A point for navigation. An aid in the telling of time. However, one thing has remained constant: humans have always been enamored by the sheer power of the sun.
Solar flares are one such manifestation of this power. NASA states that "[solar] eruptions are created when the motion of the sun's interior contorts its own magnetic fields. Like the sudden release of a twisted rubber band, the magnetic fields explosively realign, driving vast amounts of energy into space. This phenomenon can create a sudden flash of light - a solar flare." This piece alludes to the awesome power of a solar flare with its driving rhythms, sudden changes, and majestic fanfares.
Solar Flare was commissioned by John Oelrich for the 40th Annual University of Tennessee at Martin Honor Band Festival for performance by the festival's Junior High Honor Band.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Concert Band (Derrek Eldredge, conductor) - 5 March 2023
- Arkansas State University (Jonesboro) Concert Band (Steven Riley, conductor) - 25 April 2021
- ASBOA Region V All-Region Band (Steven Riley, conductor) - 18 January 2020
- University of Tennessee at Martin Junior High Honor Band (Lindsey Williams, conductor) - 26 January 2019 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Fountains (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- Kolo (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Solar Flare (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
All Wind Works
- Blue Marble: A Symphony for Wind Ensemble
- Boreas: The North Wind
- Eosphorus: The Morning Star
- Fountains (2014/2017)
- Fountains (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- in transit
- inertia
- into air, into thin air (2023)
- Kolo (2015)
- Kolo (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Rock Bottom (2020)
- Solar Flare (2018)
- Solar Flare (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Quintet for Winds No 1
- We Seven (2014)
Resources
- Derek M. Jenkins website – Accessed 9 July 2020
- Perusal score