Texas Promenade

David Holsinger

General Info

Year: 1997
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music Publisher
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00

Instrumentation

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

Afro Crasher
Bass Drum
Cowbell
Crash Cymbals
Field Snare
Granite Blocks
Orchestra Chimes
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Triangle
Vibraphone
Washboard
Whip
Wind or Bar Chimes
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Even as a young band director in Missouri, I was aware that there were two great places to go every year with the single intent of celebrating bands . . the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in the winter, and TBA in San Antonio in the summer! As the Texas Bandmasters Association, the world's largest state band organization, prepares for its 50th Anniversary Convention, I am honored to have been asked to play a small part in the celebration!

Texas, and all it entails, is undeniably a State of Mind! It is a country so diverse and expansive in its vision that it defies summation in a single statement! And Texas Band History is no less extraordinary! Pete Wiley could talk for hours about his father's generation, a wealth of Texas Band Hall of Fame members, and the knowledge he gleaned growing up in the rich texture of the Texas band tradition. My friend, Robert Foster, literally "glows" when he speaks of his Texas bandmaster father and the musical heritage he experienced growing up as 1st Cornet in his daddy's band! Real (and pseudo) cowboys, pickup trucks, football, and marching bands are as "Friday-Night-Texas" as you can get! (Practically a religion in some parts of the state!) . . . and what a heritage of great concert organizations as witnessed by the many Lone Star Bands that have performed in Chicago in the winter. For 50 years, the Texas Bandmasters association has served generations of musicians and directors, and helped to guide the state's diverse band tapestry into national and international prominence. One popular bumper sticker I often see states: "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!" Well, I'm glad I got here fast enough to be a part of these festivities and I hope you find the enthusiasm and spirit of Texas Promenade contagious, no matter what part of the world you live in!

- Program Note by composer

Media

State Ratings

Virginia: V

Performances

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Lone Star Symphonic Band (Katy, Tex.) (Bob Bryant, conductor) – 5 March 2017
Lone Star Symphonic Band (Katy, Tex.) (Bob Bryant, conductor) – 3 March 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Abram’s Pursuit (1998)
Adagio (2000)
The Adventures of Kid Cam, the Rocketman! (2014)
American Faces (1996)
Ancient Dances (2020)
The Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf (1981)
Army Ants March and Boogie (2005)
At the Strongholds of En Gedi (1996)
Ballet Exaltare (1999)
Ballet Sacra (1990)
Battle Music (1990)
A Call to Celebration (2012)
Canticles! (2001)
The Case of the Mysterious Stranger (1990)
The Chase (2003)
A Childhood Hymn (as arranger) (1862/1991)
City Symphony
- Cityscape I (Festive Hours Neon Night) (2001)
- Cityscape II (Lonely Hours Anguished Night) (2004)
- Cityscape III (Morning Hours Salvation Light) (2008)
The Cluster Bluster Fluster March (1991)
Connacht Rhapsody (2017)
Consider the Uncommon Man (1992)
Deborah's Triumph/Jael's Revenge (2016)
Deerpath Dances (1996)
Divertimented Dances (2006)
The Easter Symphony (1986-1997)
Elegy on an American Folk Tune (2006)
Elegy on an Evening Hymn (2013)
Every Morning New (2002)
Falcon Attack! (2002)
Fanfare for Brass and Timpani (2003)
Fanfare for Such a Time as This (2007)
Fanfare for the Glorious Naycart (2001)
Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong (1999)
Fantasy on Old Hundred (2019)
Festiva Jubiloso (2000)
Festival Music for a Silver Celebration
Fort Canterbury March (1989)
The Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron (1988)
Gears Pulleys Chains (2006)
Gmyway’s Revenge! (1994)
Graysondance (1993)
Gypsydance (1994)
Havendance (1985)
The Helm Toccata (1991)
Hero Music (2005)
Homage: Three Tapestries (1999)
Hopak Raskolniki (1980)
If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else (1990)
In Praise of Gentle Pioneers (1996)
In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to War (1991)
A Jolly Walk in Hibbertland (1991)
Kaylen Dreaming (2006)
Kansas City Dances (1978)
L'Arco della Vita (2021)
Lake Canterbury Regatta (1993)
Last Run (2020)
A Little Adventure Music (2002)
Little Fantasy on an American Hymn (2009)
A Little Mystery Music (1996)
Liturgical Dances (1984)
The Maelstrom (2009)
The March of the Combat Patrol (1991)
March of the Grand High Poobah (2006)
March on a Russian Hymnsong (2003)
Mobbusters! (1994)
Nilesdance (1987)
On a Childhood Sunday Song (2004)
On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason (1990)
On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (1989)
On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowry (1993)
On a Southern Hymnsong (1993)
On an American Spiritual (1991)
On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances (1988)
On the Cul-de-sac, Three O’clock, Friday Afternoon (1999)
On the Grand Prairie Texas (1989)
On the Overland Stage to El Paso (2006)
One Day in a Small Town (2004)
Otserf II : Revenge of the Warrior Prince (2009)
Partita Allegro (1997)
The Peasant Village Dance (1990)
Praises! (2001)
Prairie Dances (1998)
Prelude and Presto (2018)
Prelude and Rondo (1976)
The Pride of Buxmont (2000)
Providence Unfinished (2002)
Quiet River (2011)
Reagan of Illinois (2011)
Reagan of Illinois Part II (2013)
Riding With the Frontier Battalion (2000)
Scaling the North Wall (1990)
Scootin’ on Hardrock (1999)
Scrappy Bumptoe’s Picture Cards and Ragtag Diary (1981)
Sinfonia Voci (1993)
Solemn Hymn & Rowdy Dance (2010)
Soliloquy (2020)
Some Give All (2016)
A Song of Moses (1999)
Summer to Fall: A Love Song (2006)
Symphonia Glorioso (2006)
Symphonic Movement (2000)
Texas Promenade (1999
Til His Hand Grew Tired and Froze to the Sword (2004)
To Live a Life Triumphant (2007)
To Tame the Perilous Skies (1990)
Von Grrrhart’s 613th Regimental March (1994)
The War Trilogy: 1971 (1999)
The White Rose (as arranger) (1917/)
Zinphonia (2017)

Resources

David Holsinger website Accessed 29 August 2021
Holsinger, D. (1997). Texas Promenade [score]. TRN Music: [Ruidoso, N.M.].