To Honor, Thank and Remember

Michael Story

Michael Story

Subtitle: Dedicated to the Men and Women Who Won World War II

General Info

Year: 2002
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.00

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

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

To Honor, Thank and Remember is the second work in the Sacred Heart Jr./Sr. High School Knight Band's "Young Band Commission Series on the Human Experience." The YBCS was created to both add quality literature by outstanding composers to the young band repertoire and to provide avenues of discussion or action on issues or events that affect the human experience. This project was funded in part by the Horizons Program of Salina, Kansas, Arts and Humanities Commission. Funding for Horizons comes from Horizons 50, a private donor group, and the city of Salina, Kansas.

To Honor, Thank and Remember was premiered in May 2001 with the composer and 25 World War II veterans in attendance.

- Program Note from score

Three contrasting sections are united to create this lovely composition which has been dedicated by the composer to the men and women who won World War II. The piece begins with a flourishing fanfare which is interrupted by what may be Michael Story's most beautiful melody. This melody interacts with rhythmic excitement and concludes with a grandiose statement of the theme.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Michigan: Junior High C
• Wisconsin: Event 3000 Concert Band Grade II

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Harmony Winds (Hartford, Conn.) (Alan Francis, conductor) - 13 May 2018
• Middle School 7th Grade Band – 23 March 2010

Works for Winds by This Composer

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All Wind Works

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• The Batman Theme (as arranger) (1989/1997)
• Best of the West! (as arranger) (2018)
• Bruno Mars Four-Pack (as arranger) (2016/2019)
• Carnaval de Brasil (2000)
• A Cartoon Christmas (as arranger) (2001)
• Chant de Noël (as arranger) (2016)
• The Chase (2013)
• A Christmas Celebration (1985)
• Christmas Holiday March (2020)
• Contempo (2004)
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• Dragon Dance (2010)
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• Encore! (2013)
• España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/2008)
• Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger) (1918/2014)
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• Ghost Ship (2012)
• Ghostbusters (as arranger) (1984/2016)
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• Good King Nutcracker (as arranger) (2012)
• Graduation Suite (as arranger) (2002)
• Holiday Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 1 (as arranger) (1948/2015)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (as arranger) (1966/1994/2000)
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• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (as arranger, with Smith) (1945/2008)
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• Mama Paquita (as arranger) (2016)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (as arranger) (1909/2011)
• March of the Dwarfs (as arranger) (1891/2014)
• Medieval Dance (as arranger) (2015)
• Medieval Legend (2001/2012)
• Nautical Bits and Pieces (as arranger) (2014)
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• Overture 1812 (as arranger, with Smith) (1882/2012)
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• Pax Americana (2019)
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• Salute to Glenn Miller (as arranger) (1940/1968)
• Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (as arranger) (1884/2010)
• Selections from the "Star Wars" Saga (as arranger) (1977/2006)
• Shenandoah (as arranger with Smith) (2003)
• Shut Up and Dance (as arranger) (2014/2015)
• Sketches of Canada (as arranger) (2015)
• Sleigh Ride (as arranger)
• Spitfire (2007)
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• The Tell-Tale Heart (2011)
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• Üsküdar (as arranger, with Robert W. Smith) (2005)
• Variations on a Civil War Tune (2016)
• The Wabash Cannonball (as arranger) (1904/1987)
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Resources

• Perusal score