Toccata for Band (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
B-flat Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone (optional Alto Clarinet)
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
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
Media
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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: IV-A
- Oregon: III-A
- South Carolina: IV
- Tennessee: IV
- Texas: III. Complete
- Virginia: V
Performances
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- Bowling Green (Ohio) State University Band (Jonathan Waters, conductor) - 15 November 2023
- Bemidji (Minn.) Area Community Band (Ryan Webber, conductor) - 18 June 2023
- Genessee Valley Wind Ensemble (Batavia, N.Y.) (Philip J. Briatico, conductor) - 22 January 2023
- University of Nevada Reno Chamber Winds (Reed Chamberlain, conductor) - 7 April 2022
- Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Campus Band (Adam Friedrich, conductor) - 9 March 2021
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Ensemble (David Kehler, conductor) - 17 February 2021
- University of Arizona Wind Symphony (Chad Shoopman, conductor) - 11 December 2020 (Virtual)
- Ashland (Ohio) University Symphonic Winds (Joseph Lewis, conductor) - 20 November 2020
- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Randy Schwabe, conductor) – 8 March 2020
- Baldwin-Wallace University (Berea, Ohio) Symphonic Band (Brendan Caldwell, conductor) – 28 February 2020
- 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
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air for Band (1966)
- Allegro Animato (1991)
- American Christmas Festival (1975)
- American Patriots (1991)
- Americana
- Aria Cantabile (1990)
- Aria on a Bach Prelude
- Arrietta and Rondo (1960)
- Arietta for Band (arr. Echols) (1973/2014)
- Arietta for Winds (1973)
- Balladair (1958)
- Ballad for Peace
- Barcarolle (1992)
- 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
- Colwyn Bay
- Desert Suite
- Double Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone, and Concert Band (1956)
- Drummer's Delight (as arranger) (1969)
- Elegy (as arranger) (1961)
- 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)
- Folk Song Suite (as transcriber) 1909/1968)
- A Gaelic Ballad
- A Handel Celebration (as arranger) (1985)
- "Hansel and Gretel" Overture (as arranger) (1892/1960)
- Heritage Hills (1982)
- Introduction, March and Shepherd’s Dance from "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (as arranger)
- Irish Folk Song Suite (1952)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (as arranger) (1918/1970)
- James Bond Suite (as arranger) (1962/2003)
- 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
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (as arranger) (1749/1997)
- A Nordic Trilogy (with Davis and Reed) (1967)
- Norwegian Folk Song Suite (1953)
- Notturno (1965)
- Overture for Synthesizer and Band (1989)
- 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
- Sarabande (as transcriber) (1894/1967)
- 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
- Suite for Percussion in Three Movements
- Symphonette for Band (1959)
- Third Symphony for Band (1984)
- Three Impressions (as transcriber) (1970)
- Tia Juana Trumpets
- Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The
- Toccata for a New Age (1995)
- Toccata for Band (1957)
- Two Songs Without Words (as arranger) (1906/1996)
- 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.
- Pease, Andy. "Toccata for Band by Frank Erickson." Wind Band Literature, 23 February 2022. Web. Accessed 23 February 2022
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). ‘’Program Notes for Band.’’ Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 196.