StarCatchers
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 5:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C Alan / McClaren Productions
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bells
- Bass Drum
- Cabasa
- Chimes
- Gong
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom (4)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
StarCatchers was commissioned by the Central District Bandmaster’s Association for performance by the 2016 Middle School All-District Symphonic Band on January 30, 2016. The five-and-a-half-minute piece was inspired by the young fiction series Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, which explores the younger adventures of Peter Pan that took place before he met the Darling family as told by J.M. Barrie. It is meant to capture the innocence, adventure, and wonderment experienced by Peter, Molly, and the lost boys as they travel around in search of the magical “star stuff ” to keep it out of the grips of the evil pirate Black Stache.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Mukwonago (Wisc.) High School Wind Ensemble (Emma Angoli, conductor) – 15 March 2021
- Tarleton State University (Stephenson, Texas) Wind Ensemble (Gary Westbrook, conductor) – 9 October 2017
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Concert Band (Randall O. Coleman, conductor) – 6 November 2016
- North Carolina Central District Symphonic Band (Patricia Hughes Ball, conductor) – January 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Apollo's Chariot (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Appalachian Air (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2021)
- Dark Matter (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
- Downtown Dash (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
- Such Small Things (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Ye Merry Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Apollo's Chariot (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Appalachian Air (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2021)
- As Above, So Below (2017)
- Black Rainbow (2014)
- Blaze (2021)
- Bounce (2015)
- Chasing Infinity (2018)
- Dark Matter (2016)
- Dark Matter (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
- Downtown Dash (2009)
- Downtown Dash (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
- Ellipsis (2010)
- Fidget (2015)
- From the Ashes (2017)
- Gate City Snapshot (2012)
- Imagining World (2010)
- Immortal Dream (2006)
- Irish Washerwoman (2006)
- Legend of the Sword (Daughtrey) (2007)
- Limerick Daydreams (2006)
- Mercury Rising (2005)
- Point of Reckoning (as arranger) (2015)
- Power Struggle (2009)
- Sensus Vitae (2013)
- Shine On! (2017)
- Silent Canyons (2014)
- Silver Moon (2007)
- Spiraling Light (2016)
- StarCatchers (2016)
- Such Small Things (2017)
- Such Small Things (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Through an Open Door (as arranger) (1893/2023)
- Through the Horizon (2007)
- True Things (2017)
- Twitch (2016)
- Water Spirits (2019)
- Where Dreams Dance (2023)
- Ye Merry Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Resources
- Nathan Daughtrey website Accessed 8 November 2016