Triumph at CHO-SIN!
General Info
Year: 1996
Duration: c. 4:10
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Stormquest
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
PAD Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam (large)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Metaphors are interesting in as much as they reflect the real. This work depicts a kind of victory, a triumph filled with the heroic and the celebratory. It is sad to me that many history courses taught in our public schools fail to bring to life the real-life heroes of this noble experiment called America. The defenders of this country have always held a special place in my heart. They have literally spent themselves in the cause of freedom... a wondrous gift many of us take for granted. And so, this closing chapter stands as a reminder. There are those, like the members of 31st Regiment who have fought the historic battles... in real life. they have championed the cause of liberty and saved the lives of others by sacrificing their own.
Commissioned by Mr. Ray Primm and humbly dedicated to the men and women, living and deceased who served as Polar Bears with the 31st Regiment in Siberia, Bataan, Corregidor, Chosin, Hwachon and Viet Nam.
- Program Note excerpted from publisher
Media
- Audio: Western Michigan University Studio Winds
- Audio CD: Grisham Middle School Honors Band (Betty Bierschenk-Pierce, conductor) – 2003
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Grisham Middle School (Austin, Tx.) Honors Band (Betty Bierschenk-Pierce, conductor) – 18 December 2003 (2003 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- America the Brave (1981)
- Aurora (1998)
- Ben Hur (as arranger) (1959/2008)
- Concerto for Violin and Band (2000)
- David (1995)
- The Defenders of Truefire! (1996)
- Escape from Plato's Cave (1993)
- Festival of Light! (1995)
- Finest Hour! (2000)
- Forbidden Fortress (1997)
- Giving!
- Godspeed! (1997)
- HAJJ (2000)
- Honor, Courage...Commitment (1996/1998)
- I Shall Hear in Heaven
- In a Cause Called "Glorious" (2001)
- In the Beginning (1992)
- Millennium (1997)
- O Come Holy Night! (1993)
- Once More Unto the Breach (2004)
- The Shoemaker (1999/2006)
- The Speech of Angels (1998)
- Stormworks
- Three Musical Haikus for Band (1984)
- Time to Take Back the Knights! (1999)
- Triumph at CHO-SIN! (1996)
- Under the Cover of Night ... Into the Light of Day! (1993)
- The Universe Below
- A Walk in Jurassic Park. See: In the Beginning
- Without Warning (1996)
- WU (2008)
Resources
- Stephen Melillo website – Accessed 17 May 2022