Symphony No. 3 (Boysen)

Andrew Boysen, Jr.

Subtitle: JFK

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 18:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $200.00 | Score Only (print) - $13.00

Sections (played without pause)

1. P.T. 109
2. Ask Not What Your Country…
3. November 22, 1963
4. John-John

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Boy Soprano
Solo Violin
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV (I doubling Flugelhorn)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Celeste
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Bongos
Brake Drum
Chimes
Crotales
Marimba
Parade Drum
Ratchet
Roto-toms (4)
Sizzle Cymbal
Slapstick
Snare Drum (small)
Suspended Cymbals (2: medium and large)
Tam-tams (2: small and large)
Tom-tom (medium)
Triangle
Vibraphone
Water Gong
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Andrew Boysen’s Symphony No. 3 honors the life of President John F. Kennedy. Cast in one continuous movement, the sections describe key aspects of his shortened life: P.T. 109; Ask not what your country…; November 22, 1963; and John-John.

- Program Note from publisher

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), frequently referred to by his initials, J.F.K., was the 35th president of the United States. His death by assassination on November 22, 1963, at the height of his presidency, traumatized the world.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commissioned by Darryl Bott, Director of Bands, and the Roxbury High School Wind Symphony of Succasunna, New Jersey.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Rutgers University (Ridgewood, N.J.) Symphony Band (Darryl J. Botts, conductor) – 26 October 2012
University of Nevada (Reno) Wind Ensemble (A. G. McGrannahan III, conductor; Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, violin; Jeremy Townsley, boy soprano) – 12 March 2010 (CBDNA 2010 Western/Northwestern Division Conference (Reno, Nev.)
Roxbury High School (Succasunna , N.J.) Wind Symphony (Darryl Bott, conductor) – 1999 *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

Andrew Boysen Jr. website Accessed 20 August 2021
John F. Kennedy. Wikipedia Accessed 20 August 2021
Pease, Andy. "Symphony no. 3, JFK." The Wind Band Symphony Archive. Web. Accessed 20 August 2021