Sunrise Song
General Info
Year: 2001
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $4.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
B-flat Cornet/Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba/Low Woodwinds
Percussion, including:
- Bells
- Chimes
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Sunrise Song is based on an actual Native American melody, the Zuni Sunrise Song. Present in many Native American cultures, sunrise songs are typically performed at the dawn to welcome the sun and to thank it for returning another day and giving life to all things upon the earth.
This particular Sunrise Song comes from the Pueblo of Zuni, a federally recognized Indian tribe with a reservation consisting of four tracts of federal trust land in New Mexico and Arizona. The main body of the reservation was established by an executive order in 1877. It borders the state line in west-central New Mexico, and in 1992 included 636 square miles. In addition, the reservation includes a tract of land one square mile in size surrounding the Zuni Salt Lake, 30 miles south of the main reservation in New Mexico, and two tracts of land approximately 18 square miles in size, near the confluence of the Zuni and Little Colorado rivers in east central Arizona.
Sunrise Song is an imaginative, adventuresome composition that explores a wide variety of sounds and textures, ranging from hand clapping and a wide range of percussion sounds to a carefully structured section of improvisation and free time. While within technical abilities of young players, this work presents a level of sophistication which is rarely heard in music at this level.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Eastwood (Pemberville, Ohio) 8th Grade Band (Brian Myers, conductor) - 1 March 2021
- University of Colorado Boulder Middle School Honor Band (Audrey Murphy, conductor) – 29 February 2020
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Through the Night (as arranger) (2013)
- American Salute (1997)
- Ancient Visions (2003)
- And So He Also Loves the Bow (2019)
- And in the End It Was Earth (2012)
- The Andromeda Connection (2012)
- Appalachian Dreams (2015)
- Arabian Dances (2008)
- At the Edge of Chaos (2013)
- Australiana (2016)
- Autumn Sketches (1996)
- Believe (as arranger) (2009/2010)
- Blessed Are They (2019)
- Burn (2014)
- Capricorn Moon (2006)
- Centavo (1995)
- Chants Long Forgotten (1998)
- Chasing Orion (2010)
- Cheyenne (2004)
- Children of a Different Sun (2017)
- A Christmas Fantasy (as arranger) (2010)
- A Christmas Montage (as arranger) (2007)
- Cimarron Sketches (1994)
- Cimarron Sunset (2004)
- Clockwork (1993)
- Convergence (2006)
- Courtland Hills (1994)
- Desert Voices (2008)
- Dramatic Sessions
- Dreams and Proclamations (2007)
- Dream Variants (2012)
- Fanfare and Dance Segments
- Fanfare And Jubilation (2007)
- Fanfare and Modal Apparitions (2018)
- Fanfare Nobilise (2021)
- Festival Sinfonia (1999)
- Fiesta! (2003)
- Final Impact (2009)
- Fireburst Fanfare (2008)
- Firefall (2006)
- Flight of the Banshee (2009)
- The Fourth Angel (1999)
- Ghost Dances (2010)
- Ghost Riders (2007)
- Golden Eagle (2002)
- Guardians of the Canyon (2010)
- I Was Born for This (as arranger) (2012/2013)
- In the Realm of Kings (2014)
- The Jaws of Fenris (2016)
- Just the Way You Are (as arranger) (2010/2011)
- The Legend of El Muerto (2017)
- The Legend of Killarney (2014)
- Lennon (as arranger) (2013)
- Let it Rock (2009)
- The Lightning Spirit (2005)
- Ludlow (2014)
- Medal of Freedom (2013)
- Month of the Cold Moon (2008)
- New Dawn (2005)
- Ode to Joy (as arranger) (1824/1965/1995)
- Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (1995)
- Of Men and the Sea (2004)
- Of Wizards and Warriors (2005)
- On The Wings Of The Chosen (1992)
- Paint it Black (as arranger) (1966/2014)
- Prelude and Firestorm (2014)
- Prelude and Passages (2018)
- Racing the Sun (2011)
- Riders On The Southern Front (1998)
- Ritual Images (2012)
- Rituals (2008)
- Roswell, 1947 (2004)
- Sahara (2005)
- Samba de Soleil (2014)
- Scirocco (2012)
- Sentinels (2006)
- The Seventh Resolution (2015)
- Silent Stands the Elm (2010)
- Soar The Untamed Spirit (1998)
- Song Of Freedom (2002)
- Structures (2011)
- The Summoning (2020)
- Sunchasers (2005)
- Sunrise Song (2001)
- Symphonic Journey No. 1 (1993)
- Tangents Angulár (2009)
- They Stood At The Edge Of The Sky (2001)
- They Walked in the Valley of Fire (2016)
- The Third Vortex (2000)
- Tick Tock (as arranger) (2011)
- Variations On A March Tune (2000)
- Ventures (1993)
- A Winter Memory (1999)
- A Yuletide Holiday (as arranger) (2016)
- A Yuletide Memory (2009)
- Zombie Dreams (2013)
- Zydeco Cajun Crawdad Dance (2013)
Resources
None discovered thus far.