Toccata for Band (Erickson)

Frank Erickson

Frank Erickson

General Info

Year: 1957
Duration: c. 4:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bourne Co.
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.75   |   Score Only - $12.75

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Clarinet in Bb I-II-III
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone (optional Alto Clarinet)
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Cornet in Bb I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Snare Drum
• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Frank Erickson's Toccata for Band has been extremely popular among high school and college bands ever since it was first published. Essentially two ideas are expressed in the Allegro non troppo and Andante con moto sections. The first, featuring the trumpets and clarinets, is quick and rhythmic; the second, featuring a horn solo, is slow and lyrical.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class B
• Arkansas: III
• Florida: IV
• Georgia: IV
• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
• Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP I
• Iowa: III
• Kansas: IV
• Louisiana: III
• Maryland: IV
• Massachusetts: I
• Michigan: Senior High C
• Michigan: Junior High AA
• Minnesota: III
• New York: Concert Band IV
• North Carolina: V
• Ohio: OMEA High School Band B
• Oklahoma: III-A
• Oregon: III-A
• South Carolina: IV
• Tennessee: IV
• Texas: III. Complete
• Virginia: V

Performances

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• Friends University (Wichita, Kan.) Concert Band (Shawn M. Knopp, conductor) - 10 February 2020
• Western Illinois University (Macomb) Concert Band (Courtney Farwell, conductor) – 23 April 2019
• Turlock (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Daniel Baudino, conductor) – 12 April 2019 (2019 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
• University of Kansas (Lawrence) University Band (Nicholas Waldron, conductor) – 25 March 2019
• Carlisle High School Band (Price, Tx.) (Christopher Clifton, conductor) - 15 February 2019 (2019 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
• University of Oregon (Eugene) Campus Band (Eric Wiltshire, conductor) – 14 November 2018
• University of California, Los Angeles, Symphonic Band (Travis J. Cross, conductor) – 30 May 2018
• Western Illinois University (Macomb) Concert Band (Sara Devine, conductor) – 2 May 2018
• University of Illinois (Champaign) University Concert Band (Will Sugg, conductor) – 7 March 2018
• Peninsula Concert Band (Williamsbrg, Va.) (Ronnie Tong, conductor) – 24 April 2017
• Hanford (Calif.) High School Concert Band (Janet Levine, conductor) - 24 March 2017 (2017 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
• University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Concert Band (Jonathan Poquette, conductor) – 15 February 2017
• Wheaton North High School Concert Band (Kent Krause, conductor) - 3 March 2016
• Cary Town Band (Cary, N.C.) (Joan Fleming, conductor) - 24 October 2014
• Texas Tech University Concert Band - October 17, 2013
• Pepperdine University Wind Ensemble (Tony Cason, conductor) - 17 October 2013
• Woodside Village (Calif.) Band (Richard Gordon, conductor) - 8 June 2013
• Ely Junior High Band, Ely MN (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - 24 May 2012
• Austin Peay State University Symphonic Band (John Schnettler, conductor) - 28 February 2012
• Florida International University Symphonic Band (Michael Guzman, conductor) - 9 March 2010

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Air for Band (1966)
• Allegro Animato (1991)
• American Christmas Festival (1975)
• American Patriots (1991)
• Aria Cantabile (1990)
• Aria on a Bach Prelude
• Arrietta and Rondo (1960)
• Arietta for Band (arr. Echols) (2014)
• Balladair (1958)
• Ballad for Peace
• Barcarolle
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison (1954)
• Blue Ridge Overture (1976)
• Cameo Overture
• Cheerio March (as arranger)
• Children's March (as reviser) (1919/1971)
• Chroma
• Citadel
• Desert Suite
• Double Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone, and Concert Band (1956)
• English Folk-Song Fantasy
• Eroica Variations
• Fanfare for a Festival
• Fantasy for Band (1955)
• Fantasy on Nordic Themes
• Fantasy on Themes from Tchaikovsky
• Festiva Musica
• First Symphony for Band (1961)
• A Gaelic Ballad
• Introduction, March and Shepherd’s Dance from "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (as arranger)
• Irish Folk Song Suite (1952)
• La Danza (as arranger) (1835/1967)
• Land of the Vikings (1959)
• Light a Distant Fire
• Lyric Episode
• Lyric Suite (1974)
• March Capriccioso (1979)
• March of the Mimes
• March with Fanfares
• Marche from the Opera "Love for Three Oranges" (as arranger)
• Mexicana
• Misty Rain, Softly Falling
• A Mozart Celebration
• Norwegian Folk Song Suite
• Overture Jubiloso (1978)
• Percussion Mystique
• A Percy Grainger Suite (as arranger) (1996)
• Pillars of the Earth
• President's Suite
• Red Bridge March
• Red’s White and Blue March (as transcriber) (1965)
• Reverence for Life
• Rhythm of the Winds (1964)
• The Rhythms of Christmas
• River Wind
• Rondonova
• Royal Armada (1963)
• Russian Easter Overture (as arranger)
• Rustic Overture
• Saturnalia (1967)
• Second Symphony for Band (1958)
• Selections from "1776" for Concert Band (as arranger) (1969)
• Sinfonía india (as arranger) (1978)
• Sonatina for Band (1962)
• Spoon River Variations
• Symphonette for Band (1959)
• Third Symphony for Band (1984)
• Tia Juana Trumpets
• Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The
• Toccata for a New Age (1995)
• Toccata for Band (1957)
• Wind Dancer

Resources

• A Conductor's Outline by David Goza
• Erickson, Frank. “Air for Band and Toccata for Band.” BD Guide 6/3 (January-February 1992): 27ff. Reprinted in Performance Study Guides of Essential Works for Band, edited by Kenneth L. Neidig. Galesville, Md.: Meredith Music Publications, 2009. pp. 68–72.
• Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 389-394.
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). ‘’Program Notes for Band.’’ Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 196.