Song for Lyndsay
General Info
Year: 2005
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: LudwigMasters Publications, through Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00; (digital) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00; (digital) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crotales (higher octave only; bow required)
- Marimba (5.0 octaves)
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Song for Lyndsay was commissioned by Jack Stamp at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. It is an expansion on a short and unnamed piano piece that Boysen wrote for his wife, Lyndsay, in 2005.
The wind piece is larger in length and scope than the source material; in the score, Boysen describes it as “a very personal work ... more than anything else a simple love song dedicated to Lyndsay and what she has meant in my life.”
The piano piece is used as a starting point, and the material in the winds is either based on or a direct quotation of it. Lyrical in nature and just over five minutes long, solo horn and solo flute are prominent throughout; this scoring is deliberately and symbolically used because Boysen plays the horn and his wife the plays the flute.
- Program Note from publisher
Awards
- Song for Lyndsay has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony (Brian Covey, conductor) - 2008
State Ratings
- Kansas: IV
- Texas: III. Complete
Performances
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- Buchanan High School (Clovis, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Joey Neuenschwander, conductor) - 24 March 2023 (2023 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Symphonic Band (Matthew Brunner, conductor) - 22 April 2022
- Westminster College (New Wilmington, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (R. Tad Greig, conductor) - 30 April 2021
- East Tennessee State University (Johnson City) Wind Ensemble (Christian Zembower, conductor) – 3 March 2020
- Valdosta (Ga.) State University Concert Band (Skye Holmes, conductor) – 18 February 2020
- Kent State University (Ohio) All-Star Blue Band (Kate Ferguson, conductor) – 11 January 2020
- Tremper High School (Kenosha, Wisc.) Symphonic Winds (Kathryn Ripley, conductor) – 14 May 2019
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Symphonic Band (Alan Simpson, conductor) – 14 February 2019
- Sacramento (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Tim Smith, conductor) – 9 December 2018
- Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, Minn.) Wind Symphony (Andrew Boysen, Jr., conductor) – 11 November 2018
- La Sierra University (Riverside, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Giovanni Santos, conductor) – 10 November 2018
- Texas A&M (College Station) Concert Band (Russell Tipton, conductor) – 7 October 2018
- Miamisburg (Ohio) High School Wind Symphony (Steve Aylward, conductor) - 15 May 2018
- Prairie Wind Ensemble (Peoria, Ill.) (Jim Tallman, conductor) - 11 May 2018
- Ohlone Community Band (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 11 October 2017
- Ithaca (N.Y.) College Campus Band (Brian Diller, conductor) – 22 April 2017
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Concert Band (David Thornton, conductor) – 19 April 2017
- Edison High School (Fresno, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Robert Madrid, conductor) - 25 March 2017 (2017 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Gregory Drane, conductor) – 8 December 2016
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor) – 7 December 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alchemy (2008/2013)
- All the Pretty Little Horses. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Ancient Runes (2017)
- Apples (2018)
- Branden's Rainbow (1997/2002)
- Bright Sunny Days (2013)
- By My Side (2018)
- Casus Belli (2018)
- Celebration In Brass (1995)
- Concerto for Percussion (as transcriber) (1994/1997)
- Conversations with the Night (1994)
- Dance, from All Hail the Power
- December Dance (2005)
- Diamond Jubilee Suite (2018)
- Distorted Images: A Jazzman's Nightmare (1989)
- A Fallen Leaf (2004)
- Fanfare: In Memoriam (2015)
- Fantasy on a Theme by Sousa (2003)
- Frenzy (2010)
- The Four Horsemen (1989)
- A Glimpse through the Trees (2014)
- Grant Them Eternal Rest (2003)
- Havener Fanfare (2012)
- Heirloom (2009)
- I Am (1990)
- John Henry (1990)
- Joyride (2003/2008)
- Kinetic Energy (1994)
- Kirkpatrick Fanfare (1999)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2006)
- Metamorphosis (2013)
- Old Ben's Farm (2016/2019)
- On the Merrimack (2010)
- Ovations (1995)
- Phoenix (2020)
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Relentless (2000)
- Scarborough Fair. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Scherzo (1995)
- Scherzo No 2 (2013)
- Shades of Ivory (1996)
- Simple Song (1995)
- Snowflakes Dancing (2012/2016)
- Song for Lyndsay (2005)
- Song for My Children (2013)
- Song for My Parents (2020)
- Song of Loudest Praise, A (2010)
- Song of the Sea Maidens (1994)
- Stamp, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Star-Crossed (2013)
- Symphony No. 1 for Winds and Percussion (1997)
- Symphony No. 3 (1999)
- Symphony No. 4 (2006)
- Symphony No. 6 (2012)
- Symphony No. 8 (2015-2016)
- Symphony No. 10 (2019)
- This Is the Drum (2013)
- Thoughts of You (1998)
- Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (2007/2012)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (2014)
- Scarborough Fair (as arranger) (2013)
- Time Streams (After Tricycle) (2011)
- To Break Earth's Sleep (2015)
- Tricycle (1997)
- Twilight of the Gods (2010)
- An Uncommon Man (1993)
- Unraveling (2006)
- Urban Scenes (1993)
- The Vikings (2015)
Resources
- Andrew Boysen Jr. website Accessed 22 November 2022
- Boysen, Jr., A. (2007). Song for Lyndsay [score]. Ludwigmasters Music Publications: Boca Raton, Fla.