Time to Dance, A (Giroux)
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 4:50
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Music Propria
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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-
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Guiro
- Maracas
- Marimba I-II
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The title of the piece, A Time to Dance, is taken from Ecclesiastes 3:1-4: "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; ...A time to kill, and a time to heal; ...A time to weep, and time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance...." The music is light and melodic, and is written to uplift the soul and put a smile on your face. This piece was composed with the young band in mind to supply rhythmic interest and solo opportunities This work was premiered at the 1999 Midwest Clinic by the Space Center Intermediate Band of Houston, Texas, with the composer conducting.
- Program Note from Friendswood High School Wind Ensemble concert program, 22 December 2006
Commissioned by the Space Center Intermediate School Band, Houston, Texas, Gregory Dick, Director.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Friendswood High School Wind Ensemble (Gregory Dick, conductor) - 2006
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
- North Carolina: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- California (Sacramento) All-State Junior High School Symphonic Band (M.J. Wamhoff, conductor) – 4 February 2024 (2024 CASMEC Conference, Sacramento)
- Spartan Youth Wind Symphony (East Lansing, Mich.) (Dana Sedatole) - 19 November 2023
- University of Dubuque (Iowa) Concert Band (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - 13 October 2023
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Concert Band (Christopher D. T. Lawhorne, conductor) - 29 November 2021
- Messiah University (Mechanicsburg, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Travis Weller, conductor) - 24 September 2021
- Youth Wind Ensemble of Westchester (Ossining, N.Y.) (Bradley Morrison, conductor) – 18 May 2017
- Friendswood (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Gregory Dick, conductor) – 22 December 2006 (2006 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Bonsai Tree (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
- I'll Be Home A-fore Ye (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Opa! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- A Time to Dance (2006) (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
All Wind Works
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- All Good Things (2003)
- All Through the Night (as arranger) (2011)
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- Appalachian Portrait (2017)
- Arcus IX
- The Ash Grove (2019)
- Autumn Rose (2017)
- Away in a Manger (as arranger) (2011)
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- Beyond Measure (2023)
- Beyond the Gates (2022)
- The Bench by the Sea (2017)
- The Blue Danube Christmas Waltz
- The Blue Marble (2022)
- The Bonsai Tree (2010)
- Bookmarks from Japan (2013)
- Boston Liberties (2003)
- Burning the Wickerman (2020)
- Carnaval! (2013)
- Celestial Seas (2014)
- Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Chorale for Wind Band and Melodic Percussion (as arranger) (2015)
- Christmas and Sousa Forever (as arranger) (2010)
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- Christmas with Mozart (2007)
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- Córdoba (2013)
- Crown of Thorns (1998)
- Culloden (2000)
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- Dream Dancer (2005)
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- Fort McHenry Suite (2000)
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- Glenbury Grove (2009)
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- Godspeed (2023)
- The Grace in Being (2013)
- The Greatest Generation (2002)
- Hands of Mercy (2001)
- HardDrive (2010)
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
- Hark! Those Bells Are Smokin’ (2011)
- The Hearthstone (2016)
- Husaria Cavalry Overture (2006)
- Hymn for the Innocent (2016)
- I Got Rhythm for Christmas (2012)
- Il Burlone (2000)
- I'll Be Home A'fore Ye (2006)
- I'll Be Home A-fore Ye (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- I'll Be Home for Christmas (as arranger) (1943/)
- Imbizo (2007)
- Impressions (2013)
- In My Father's Eyes (2017)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (as arranger) (1906/2018)
- Incantations (2019)
- Integrity Fanfare and March
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- Journey Through Orion (2006)
- Just Flyin'! (2015)
- K2 (2012)
- Kalanu (2002)
- Khan (2008)
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- Legacy (2011)
- Let Your Spirit Sing (2003)
- The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero
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- Louisiana Parish Sketches (2001)
- Mambo Perro Loco (2008)
- March of the Sun Dried Tomatoes (2000)
- Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Medalist Fanfare (2013)
- Mile High (2023)
- Moonshine. See: Shine
- Movin' on Down the Line (2009)
- My Soul to Keep (2019)
- Mystery on Mena Mountain (1985)
- Mythic (2021)
- The Nature of the Beast (2001)
- Nearer, My God, To Thee (as arranger) (2010)
- Nihonbashi. See: Market Bridge
- No Finer Calling (2006)
- No Man's Land (2017)
- Nothing That Is (2000)
- Nutcracker Fantasia (as arranger) (1891/2012)
- O Holy Night (arr. Giroux) (1847/2011)
- Of Blood and Stone (2015)
- Of Silence and Sparrows (2022)
- One Life Beautiful (2010)
- One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships and Men Rejoicing (2011)
- Opa! (2018)
- Ouachita (1987)
- Our Cast Aways (2018)
- Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Outlander (2010)
- Overture in Five Flat (2010)
- Paprikash (2014)
- Peter Patapan (2011)
- Poseidon (2010)
- Primality 2006)
- Prisoner of the Ring (1986)
- Radiant Shadows (2016)
- Rain Softly on Me (2022)
- The Red Baron Drummer
- Riften Wed (2013)
- River Shannon (2020)
- Shadow Falls (2013)
- Shine (2017)
- Silent Night in Gotham (as arranger) (1818/2009)
- Soul Factory (2024)
- Space Symphony (1986/1991)
- The Speed of Heat (2010)
- Stealing Home (2016)
- A Stocking Full of Composers (2009)
- Strathcona Suite (2012)
- Sun Catcher (2022)
- Swashbuckler (2010)
- Symphony No. 1. See: Culloden
- Symphony No. 2. See: A Symphony of Fables
- Symphony No. 3. See: No Finer Calling
- Symphony No. 4. See: Bookmarks from Japan
- Symphony No. 5 (2017)
- Symphony No. 6. see: The Blue Marble
- Symphony No. 7. see: Titan
- A Symphony of Fables (2006)
- Taboo for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble
- Three Fanfares (2003)
- Three Wise Guys (2011)
- Tiger Tail March (2000)
- A Time to Dance (2006)
- Titan (2024)
- To the Bells of the Berlin Cathedral (2024)
- To Walk with Wings (2000)
- Trillium
- The Twelve Days of Christmas (2012)
- The Twelve Gallon Hat (2013)
- Under the Influence (2022)
- Under the Willow (2015)
- A Very Merry Heart and Soul
- Vigils Keep (2005)
- Vortex (2015)
- Wagon Trail (2003)
- West Wind Overture (2012)
- What Child Is That Playing Carol of the Bells? (as arranger) (2011)
- What Goes in the Night (2000)
- When Country Comes to Town (2008)
- Where the Red Fern Grows (2016)
- Wild West Overture
- Winter from "The Four Seasons" (as arranger) (1725/)
- Without You
- Wolves in Moonlight (2019)
- Zephyr, Chorale and Dance (2012)
Resources
- Giroux, J. (2006). A Time to Dance: For Concert Band [score]. Musica Propria: San Antonio, Tx.
- Julie Giroux website Accessed 10 July 2021