Through the Icy Dawn
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 5:09
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Michael Mikulka
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00; (digital) - $60.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (Bass Clef, Treble Clef)
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Through the Icy Dawn depicts a cold winter morning on the East Coast. It is an ode to a type of wind band sound that was frequently present in the music of Persichetti and Reed, but unfortunately has been hard to find in recent compositions.
-' 'Program Note by composer
Awards
- Frank Ticheli Composition Contest, 2013, finalist
- Waterloo Wind Band Call for Scores, 2014, winner
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Waterloo Wind Band (Austin, Tx.) (Michael Mikulka, conductor) - 18 May 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (2013)
- Etudes for Wind Ensemble (2019)
- First Suite for Wind Band (2016)
- The Florentainer (2013)
- From Detroit to LA (2011)
- Godzilla Devours Reno (2013)
- The Inaudible Do (2013)
- Music to Drift Away With (2019)
- Panic! (2010)
- Prelude and Fugue (2011)
- Six Short Scenes (2018)
- Symphony No. 3 for Wind Ensemble (2015/2020)
- Through the Icy Dawn (2010)
- Unfurl (2019)
Resources
- Michael Mikulka website Accessed 12 October 2020
- New Band Music
- Perusal score