Western Fanfare, A
General Info
Year: 1997
Duration: c. 3:25
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $20.00 | Score Only - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II (optional), including:
- Gong (or Tam-tam)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A Western Fanfare is dedicated to the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California, which commissioned the work in honor of their fiftieth anniversary celebrations. Composed in the spring of 1997, the work was performed throughout the summer season at the Music Academy as a festive concert opener. The fanfare is a bold and uplifting work, reflecting the beauty and excitement of Santa Barbara's famous festival. Although it begins and ends with sonorous low brass and high trumpet flourishes, the middle section of the work is a lilting waltz. In the brief span of three minutes, an snapshot of joyful music making occurs.
A Western Fanfare is also available in a brass quintet version.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: American Brass Quintet.
- Audio CD: Summit Brass.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of South Carolina (Columbia) Symphonic Winds (Jay Jacobs, conductor) - 13 April 2023
- University of Central Arkansas (Conway) Symphonic Band (Brantley Douglas, conductor) - 17 November 2020
- Iowa State University (Ames) Wind Ensemble (Michael Golemo, conductor) – 1 November 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Celestial Dancers (2007)
- Celtic Hymns and Dances (1990/1995)
- Concert Fanfare (2000)
- Concerto for Bass Trombone or Tuba and Wind Ensemble (arr. Allen) (2000)
- Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (2004)
- Concerto for Marimba and Chamber Ensemble (orch. Lasley) (1999/2007)
- Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble (orch. Allen) (1999/)
- Concerto for Oboe and Wind Ensemble (2010)
- Down a River of Time (tr. Hile) (1999/2022)
- Fanfarría Castellana (2012)
- Fantasia for Seven Trumpets
- Flight (2004)
- Hold Fast Your Dreams (2010)
- A Hymn for the Lost and Living (2002)
- Legacy (2000)
- ...Of a Fortress Over a River Valley (2000)
- ...Of Fields of Glory
- ...Of Home and Country (2000)
- Tattoo (2000/2015)
- On Wings of Song (2010)
- Shadowcatcher (1996)
- Southern Landscapes (2004)
- Spring Serenade (2015)
- Symphony in Brass (1992)
- Triple Concerto (2013)
- Visions of Light (2003/2006)
- A Western Fanfare (1997)