Uncle Sid
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: OK Feel Good Music
Cost: Parts (Rental) - $225.00 | Score Only (Purchase) - $24.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Trombone III (bass)
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
Contrabass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Lyra
- Break Drum
- Cowbells (2)
- Crash Cymbals
- Drum Set
- Glockenspiel
- Kazoos
- Marimba
- Sand Blocks
- Siren
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Some wind/brass parts double on Kazoos
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Uncle Sid bears a family resemblance to a puny nephew, a little ditty born of one long and feverish collegiate night. It was a night of passionate desperation, the fruit of which was a namesake who never quite lived up to his family's unreasonable expectations. His Uncle Sid, however, lives life on a much grander and appropriate scale. Sid is crass, obnoxious, and uncaring of anyone's feelings. Traveling the wedding/bar mitzvah circuit, Sid performs a hora for the horrified crowds. Sure, Sid sounds like fun, but wait till you get to know him. Uncle Sid first reared his ugly head in public on October 10, 2002, introduced by the UNLV Wind Orchestra, with the composer conducting. Sid is dedicated to my brother, with familial understanding.
Program Notes by compsoer
Media
- M3U file at Jonathan's Website
- Audio CD: UNLV Wind Orchestra (Thomas G. Leslie, conductor)
- Audio CD: Rutgers Wind Ensemble (William Berz, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- State University of New York Potsdam Crane Concert Band (Pwter B. Lewis, conductor) - 19 April 2023
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Ensemble (Andrew McMahan, conductor) - 4 June 2011
- University of Nebraska Wind Ensemble (Carolyn Barber, conductor) - 20 April 2007
- Training Wind Orchestra, Northampton UK, "Wind Band Spectacular", UK PREMIERE (Andrew Kirkwood, conductor) - 25 March 2007
- Poudre Wind Ensemble, (Corry Petersen, conductor) - 14 February 2006
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 3 O'Clock Mix (2012)
- 1861 (2004)
- As the scent of spring rain (2003)
- Avenue X (2005)
- Blow It Up, Start Again (2012)
- Climbing Parnassus (2008)
- Concertino (flute solo, chamber winds, and piano)
- Chunk
- De Profundis
- Moon by Night (2001)
- Novel Romance (2018)
- OK Feel Good
- Pi’ilani and Ko’olau (2019)
- The Rivers of Bowery (2005)
- Single (2013)
- Sowing Useful Truths
- Symphony No. 1 (2009)
- Tender Hearts (2019)
- Uncle Sid