Symphony IV (Boysen)

Andrew Boysen, Jr.

Subtitle: For Winds and Percussion

General Info

Year: 2006
Duration: c. 11:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00 | Score Only - $7.00

Movements

1. Fast - 3:45
2. Smooth and Flowing - 1:35
3. Scherzo and Trio - 1:35
4. Fast - 4:35

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos
Chimes
Claves
Finger Cymbals
Guiro
Marimba
Orchestra Bell
Ratchet
Sandpaper Blocks
Slapstick
Splash Cymbal
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Tom-Tom
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes
Xylophone

Players vocalizing

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Symphony No. 4 follows a traditional form. However, the entire work is based on the octatonic scale, an alternation of half-steps and whole-steps. By using this scale, the Symphony includes both great dissonance as well as great consonance in sounds and colors, and creates a unique work for band.

- Program Note from the University of North Dakota University Band concert program, 13 October 2020

Symphony No. 4 for Winds and Percussion was commissioned by and dedicated to the McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band (Skokie, Illinois). It was premiered at the 2004 Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference on January 30, 2004, with the composer conducting.

Written in four movements, Symphony No. 4 derives most of its motivic material from its opening two measures. Several extended techniques and contemporary compositional methods are used throughout the work. These include bowed percussion, dissonance, aleatoric music, unmetered measures, singing, and extended use of the octatonic scale.

- Program Note from McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band concert program, 22 December 2006

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band (Chip De Stefano, conductor) - 2006

State Ratings

Georgia: V
Wisconsin: Event 3000 Concert Band.Class B

Performances

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Wichita (Kan.) State University Symphonic Band (Steve Oare, conductor) - 2023
Washington University in St, Louis (Mo.) Wind Ensemble (Chris Becker, conductor) - 17 November 2022
University of Oregon (Eugene) Campus Band (Eric Wiltshire, conductor) - 18 May 2022
University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Symphonic Band (Rebekah Daniel, conductor) - 29 September 2021
Westminster College (New Wilmington, Penn.) Symphonic Band (R. Tad Greig, conductor) - 30 April 2021
University of South Alabama (Mobile) Symphony Band (Jason Rinehart, conductor) - 29 April 2021
University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) University Band (James Popejoy, conductor) - 13 October 2020
California All-State Junior High School Symphonic Band (Timothy Harris, conductor) - 23 February 2020 (2020 CASMEC Conference, Fresno)
University of Illinois (Champaign) Campus Concert Band (Barry L. Houser, conductor) - 25 April 2019
University of California, Los Angeles, Symphonic Band (Ian Richard, conductor) - 27 May 2015
Perkiomen Valley High School Band (Collegeville, Pa.) (2013)
University of Nevada (Reno) Symphonic Band (Chris Chapman and Alan Sullivan, conductors) – 20 March 2008 (CBDNA 2008 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)
McCracken Middle School (Skokie, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Chip De Stefano, conductor) – 22 December 2006 (2006 Midwest Clinic)
McCracken Middle School (Skokie, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Andrew Boysen Jr., conductor) - 30 January 2004 *Premiere Performance*

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)
- Winter of the World
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

Boysen, Jr., Andrew (2006). Symphony No. 4 for Winds and Percussion [score]. N.A. Kjos Co.: San Diego, Calif.
Pease, Andy. "Symphony no. 4." The Wind Band Symphony Archive. Web. Accessed 30 April 2021