Springtime Ride

Erika Svanoe

General Info

Year: 2018
Duration: c. 4:10
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Swan Maiden Press
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $50.00

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, including:

Bass Drum
Ride Cymbal
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Springtime Ride evokes the excitement, happiness, and spirit of adventure of the first bike ride of spring after a long, snowy winter. I wanted to capture the freedom and optimism that has always given me, especially as a kid when bike riding was my independent mode of transportation. I was recently reminded of these feelings while watching the series Stranger Things, which made me think of my two favorite childhood movies, E.T. and The Goonies. All of these have fantastic scenes of kids on bikes, and there may be a bit of a movie score sound in Springtime Rdie due to these influences. At the end of the piece, I picture the kids pedaling off into the sunset.

The work was commissioned through Minnesota Band Directors Association, and premiered by the Encore Wind Ensemble at the MBDA Young Band Literature Session at the MMEA Midwinter Clinic, February 2018, in Minneapolis.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. University of New Hampshire Symphony Band, Andrew Boysen Jr., conductor

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Middle School Ostrander Honor Band (Phillip Ostrander, conductor) - 27 January 2023
University of Louisville (Ky.) Invitational Honor Symphonic Band (Jason Cumberledge, conductor) - 26 March 2022
University of New Hampshire (Durham) Wind Symphony (Andrew Boysen, Jr., conductor) - 14 November 2021
Buffalo (Minn.) High School Band – Winter 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
Steampunk Scenes (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)

All Wind Works

Band of Heroes (2018)
Baskerville (2019)
Category 4 (2021)
Claremont Triumphant (2011)
Clocktower Fanfare (2016)
Echoes (2018)
El Salon Mexico (as arranger) (2009)
First Suite Fanfare (2020)
Florence & Alice (2021)
Four Grainger Songs (as arranger) (2003)
The Haunted Carousel (2015)
A Journey in Time (2020)
Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (2014/2019)
Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2019/2020)
She Dares, She Leaps (2022)
Springtime Ride (2018)
Steampunk Scenes (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2021)
Steampunk Suite (2015/2017)
Symphony in Blue and Gold (2023)
The Town Band (2022)
Tutued Toucan Can-Can (2021)

Resources

Erika Svanoe website Accessed 31 March 2021
The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 491-492.
Perusal score