Vulcan
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 12:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Michael Daugherty Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $325.00 | Score Only - $45.00
Movements
1. Pon Farr - 3:25
2. Mind Meld - 2:55
3. Vulcan's Forge - 5:25
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn (optional)
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
String or Electric Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:
- Anvil (small)
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Finger Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Piccolo Snare Drum
- Shakaray
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Tenor Drum
- Vibraphone
- Vibra-slap
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Vulcan (2014) for concert band was commissioned jointly by Ann Arbor High School band directors David Leach (Pioneer), Stephen Roberts (Huron) and Jason Smith (Skyline) in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first Ann Arbor High School Band. The world premiere was performed by the Pioneer, Huron and Skyline Ann Arbor High School Centennial Band at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Thursday, May 29, 2014.
Vulcan is my musical homage to Gene Roddenberry's interstellar universe as depicted in the classic American television series Star Trek (1966-69). The title refers to the fiery planet Vulcan, the home world of the half-human, half-Vulcan Mr. Spock. As the rational science officer aboard the Starship Enterprise, commandeered by the hot-blooded Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock grapples with the "fascinating" predicament of making decisions predicated on human emotion or Vulcan logic. I have composed stirring, yet highly structured, music, which alludes to the Vulcan "Pon Farr" ritual, Vulcan telepathic mind-melds and Mr. Spock's volcanic planet of Vulcan.
- Program Note by composer
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Symphonic Band (Chase Jones, conductor) - 28 February 2024
- Lone Star High School (Frisco, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Mark Poole, conductor) – 9 February 2024 (2024 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Oklahoma City University (Okla.) Wind Philharmonic (Matthew Mailman, conductor) - 31 October 2023
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) University Band (Betsy McCann, conductor) - 30 November 2022
- Texas A&M University – Commerce Symphonic Band (Allan F. Goodwin, conductor) - 17 November 2022
- Westfield (N.J.) High School Wind Ensemble (Christopher Vitale, conductor) - 17 March 2022
- University of Northern Colorado (Greeley) Symphonic Band (Wesley J. Broadnax, conductor) – 13 February 2020
- University of San Diego (Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Jeffrey Malecki, conductor) – 27 February 2019
- Michigan Youth Symphonic Band (Ann Arbor) (Courtney Snyder, conductor) – 19 November 2018
- California State University, Bakersfield, Concert Band (Leo Sakomoto, conductor) – 17 November 2018
- University of Oregon (Eugene) Wind Symphony (Jason Silveira, conductor) – 26 October 2018
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) University Band (Betsy McCann, conductor) – 3 May 2018
- Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Symphonic Band (Matthew Brunner, conductor) – 29 April 2018
- Cleveland State University (Ohio) Wind Ensemble (Birch Browning, conductor) – 12 April 2018
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Campus Blue Band (Andrea Brown, conductor) – 8 April 2018
- Hebron High School (Carrolton, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Timothy Rhea, conductor) - 9 March 2018 (83rd Annual ABA National Convention)
- Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Symphonic Band (Kelvin Jones, conductor) – 5 March 2018
- University of Minnesota High School Honor Band (Emily Threinen, conductor)– 21 January 2018
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Symphony Band (Brian Britt, conductor) – 20 November 2017
- Pioneer, Huron and Skyline Ann Arbor High School Centennial Band (David A. Leach, conductor) - 29 May 2014 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Made for You and Me: Inspired by Woody Guthrie (Adaptable Band) (2020)
All Wind Works
- The Adventures of Jesse Owens (2023)
- American Gothic (tr. Daugherty and Galyen) (2013/2019)
- Asclepius (2007)
- Alligator Alley (2003)
- Bells for Stokowski (2002)
- Bizarro (1993)
- Brooklyn Bridge (2005)
- Dead Elvis (1999)
- Desi (1991)
- Dreamachine (2014/2022)
- Firecracker (1989)
- Labyrinth of Love (2012)
- Ladder to the Moon (2005)
- Lift Up Thine Ears (2021/2022)
- Lost Vegas (2011)
- Made for You and Me: Inspired by Woody Guthrie (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Motown Metal (1994)
- Niagara Falls (1997)
- Of War and Peace (2017)
- On the Air (2012)
- Passacaglia in Primary Colors (2023)
- Raise the Roof (2007)
- Red Cape Tango (tr. Spede) (1993/1999)
- Reflections on the Mississippi for Tuba and Band (2013)
- Rio Grande (2015)
- Rosa Parks Boulevard (2001)
- Songs from a Silent Land (2019)
- Timbuktuba (1995)
- UFO (2000)
- Vulcan (2014)
- Winter Dreams (2015)
Resources
- Geraldi, Kevin M. "Vulcan." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 844-856. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.
- Michael Daugherty website.