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View from the Mountaintop
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General Info
Year: 1994
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A Kjos Music - Official Website
Cost: Score & Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contrabass Clarinet
Bassoon
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
French Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Claves
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Maracas
- Sandpaper Blocks
- Snare Drum
- Tom-tom (low)
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Woodblock
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The View from the Mountaintop was commissioned by the Music Eductors National Conference to celebrate the adoption of world class National Standards in the Arts. The work was premiered at the MENC National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1994 by the Park Hill High School Symphonic Band (Kansas City, MO), John D. Bell, conductor.
The composer says, "In contemplating the idea behind the commission, I found a parallel between the act of climbing to greater heights during a journey in order to see into the distance (the future)...and the notion that our educational leaders had to struggle in order to devise a set of world class standards that would guide the future of arts education in our country. The View from the Mountaintop attempts to depict this effort in sound. The work travels from low to high pitch, from dark to light colors, and from slower to faster tempi. Majestic music announces the arrival at the top of the mountain and portrays the exhilaration that comes with a sense of accomplishment..."
This work was also supported by a Faculty Development Grant from the School of Fine Arts of the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Program Note from the Printed Score
Commercial Discography
Audio Links
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Adoramus Te, Christe (as arranger)
- Appalachian Folk Dream (2016)
- Argentum (1986)
- Blue Sky Day (2004)
- Bridge Square March (2005)
- Bright Side (2015/2018)
- Carolina Folk Dream
- Daydream (1989)
- Dig Down Deep (2013)
- Endurance (1991)
- Etched in Stone (2018)
- Everyday Hero
- Fanfare and Grand March
- Fantasia in G (1982)
- Festivals
- Flourish
- GF Redux: "It's Yours" from A Jack Stamp Suite
- Hey!
- Hymn and Celebration
- Imagine, if You Will (2013)
- Imagining Peace (2018)
- Immigrant Dreams
- Imprints
- Inaugural Dances
- Into the Air! (1998)
- Mighty March, A
- Mountain Prayers (2006)
- Mourning Dances
- Mr. Kallman (2019)
- Noble Element
- Passages (1984)
- A Quiet Place To Think
- Retreat From All Hail the Power
- The Soaring Hawk
- Sol Solator
- Spring Divertimento (1992)
- Suite for Band (2014)
- Symphony No. 1 (2016)
- Uncle Lumpy's Garage
- Urgent Voices (2020)
- View from the Mountaintop
- When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers
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