Tales of a Medieval Warrior

Travis J. Weller

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00

Movements

1. A Call for Knights
2. Courting a Lady
3. Winning the Joust

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 I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bell Shaker
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Through his three-movement piece, Tales of a Medieval Warrior, Travis J. Weller depicts the life of a knight during the Medieval era. The first movement, A Call for Knights, features resonant and bold trumpet lines. The second movement, Courting a Lady, features chamber ensembles playing lyrically within the large band setting. Full brass fanfares begin the third movement, Winning the Joust, with exciting and driving percussion and wind statements ending the piece.

- Program Note by Lauren Ryals

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: West Ridge Middle School Wind Ensemble (Bob Parsons, conductor) - 2010]

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Alabama: Class D
Florida: II
West Virginia: II

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Night Owls Campus Community Band (Brian Ewing, conductor) – 8 December 2019
West Junior High School (Minnetonka, Minn.) Symphonic Band (Kay Hawley, conductor) – 2011
West Ridge Middle School (Austin, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Bob Parsons, conductor) – 15 December 2010 (2010 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

American Visions (Weller) (2009)
Apollo Arise (2018)
Chasing Mercury (2019)
Country Sketches (2014)
Dream Chaser (2012)
Eyes of the Dragon (2014)
Festival and Ballad for Winds (2011)
Festival Espirit (2013)
Flourishing Noels (2013)
Frontier Fought and a City Found, A (2010)
Hammer and Rail (2015)
I Bought Me a Band (2012)
Irish Jig for Young Feet (2009)
Journey to the Prairie (2010)
Jubilant Flourishes (2012)
Last Stagecoach Heist, The (2012)
Monsters of Myth (2013)
The Shady Grove (2017)
Songs of Soldiers (2017)
Tales of a Medieval Warrior (2010)
Yankee Fanfare (2013)

Resources

Perusal score
Travis J. Weller website Accessed 4 December 2019