Three Scenes from Home

From Wind Repertory Project
Steve Danyew

Steve Danyew


General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 9:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Steve Danyew
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $199.99; (digital) - $179.99   |   Score Only (print) - $60.00


Movements (played without pause)

1. Bike Ride
2. Tree House
3. Outlaws


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bell Tree
  • Bongos, high
  • Brake Drum
  • Glockenspiel
  • Marimba
  • Ratchet
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-Tam
  • Tom-Toms (3)
  • Triangle


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Three Scenes from Home is inspired by my childhood adventures playing in the woods behind our house. At first glance, the woods may have looked like a small forest with trees and trails, but as a child, those woods provided endless opportunities for imagination and adventure.

Three Scenes from Home is comprised of three continuous movements (Bike Ride, Tree House, Outlaws). My brother, my friends, and I spent many afternoons riding our bikes through the woods, sometimes racing (in what was surely some kind of major championship in our minds), and other times just riding to ride. We peered out of our tree house on the edge of the woods and saw a plethora of possible scenes and stories, including our narrow escape from the "outlaws," the neighborhood dirt-bike-riders. They created elaborate trails and jumps in the woods and rode much faster than our BMX bikes could carry us, and when you heard their engines coming in the distance, you ride away as fast as you could or hid for cover. In the end, this piece is a collection of simple scenes and stories and an invitation to let your imagination take you on an adventure.

- Program Note by composer


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • University of South Carolina (Columbia) University Band (Quintus F. Wrighten, Jr., conductor) - 14 November 2022
  • University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Symphony (Brent Penshorn, conductor) – 23 April 2020 (Performance scheduled, but concert canceled)
  • Arkansas Intercollegiate Band (Hot Springs) (Robert Carnochan, conductor) - 16 February 2018 *Premiere Performance*


Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music


All Wind Works


Resources

  • Danyew, S. (2017). Three Scenes from Home: For Wind Band: Grade 4 [score]. Steve Danyew: [Rochester, N.Y.].
  • Mills, Alan W. "Three Scenes from Home." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12, Compiled and edited by Andrew Trachsel, 693-702. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2021.
  • Perusal score
  • Steve Danyew website Accessed 24 April 2020