We Will Remember
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $52.00; (digital) - $52.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
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
F Horn
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (5 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tenor Drum
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Virginia Tech massacre was comprised of two separate attacks about two hours apart on April 16, 2007, on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. A lone gunman killed 32 people and wounded 25 before committing suicide, making this the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. Because Virginia Tech is located near the composer’s home and he had taken a number of classes at the university, he was moved to write this piece shortly after the tragic events of that day.
The piece incorporates two styles. One is reflective in nature and designed to invoke the somber and heartrending feelings experienced that day by the victims and their families. The other is heroic in nature, honoring the day’s many heroes, including faculty members, students and emergency responders, to name a few.
The premiere performance was by the Montgomery County Middle School Honor Band on March 11, 2008 at Christiansburg High School.
Dedicated to the victims and heroes at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- North Carolina: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- DeMatha Catholic High School (Hyattsville, Md.) Symphonic Band (James S. Roper, conductor) – 14 December 2008
- Montgomery County (Va.) Middle School Honor Band – 11 March 2008 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
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- Algorhythms (2007)
- Alpha Centauri (2014)
- Amparito Roca (as arranger) (2009)
- Ancient Legends (2012)
- Apotheosis (2010)
- Aquia Hills (2009)
- At the Apex (2016)
- Augusta Variations
- Bluestone Sketches (2018)
- Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (as arranger) (1992)
- Cantabile and Festal Dance (2020)
- Cantabile and Festal Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Cascade Falls (2019)
- Chronos (2005)
- Clarinets Packing Up Early (2014)
- Clustered Spires (2019)
- Commitment, Honor, and Service (2003)
- Crossfire (2015)
- Daydreaming (2012)
- Diamond Jubilee March (2020)
- Diamondwood Celebration (2006)
- Dolce and Dance (2001)
- Fantasticks (2003)
- Fantasy on a Scottish Air
- Festival of Carols in 6/8 Time (2021)
- Fiesta de la Playa (2013)
- Flores de España (as editor) (1954/2021)
- Flourish for Winds (2007)
- For Those Who Have Gone Before (2005)
- Foxfire (2018)
- Gaelic Celebration
- The Gates of Destiny (2010)
- Glad Adoration (2018)
- Heroic Episode (2020)
- Hurricane!
- In Sweet Jubilation (2013
- James River Journey (2016)
- A Jamestown Trilogy (2009)
- Jefferson Legacy
- Knights' Journey
- Largo (as arranger) (1738/2004)
- Magic City Fanfare (2015)
- Manassas Junction (2006)
- Manifesto (2011)
- Matrix (2002)
- Metamorphosis (2001)
- Mill Mountain Vistas (2015)
- Monticello Memoirs (2015)
- Monticello Mosaic (2010)
- Nemesis (2004)
- New Millenium
- Nighthawk March
- Of Still Meadows and Mountains Bold (2000)
- On Streets of Gold (2010)
- Paradiddles (2015)
- Paradigm (2018)
- Passacaglia (2013/2018)
- Pinwheels (2016)
- Polaris (2018)
- Portrait in Rhythm (2018)
- Primal Winds (2017)
- The Quest (2015)
- Quicksilver March (2013)
- Reflections on a Glass Castle (2012)
- Renaissance Fare (2012)
- Rockingham Heritage
- Rogue River Ramble (2018)
- Rubicon (2017)
- Rudimentary March (1998)
- Sailing Into the Moon (2018)
- Shadowlands (2014)
- Shenandoah Mountain (1999)
- Silver Lining (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Singers Glen (2020)
- Singers Glen (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Soliloquy for Band
- Superior Tradition (2008)
- Swarm Theory (2017)
- Tambu (2019)
- Thus Spoke the Raven (2000)
- Timber Ridge Overture
- Trade Winds (2013)
- Two Advent Carols (as arranger) (2018)
- Two Irish Folk Songs (2011)
- U.S.S. Hornet
- Veritas (2019)
- Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2019)
- A Walk in the Park (2018)
- We Shall Lift Lamps of Courage (2004)
- We Will Remember (2008)
- Wild West Saga (2016)
- Wind Dance (2016)
- Winds of Change