When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers

Timothy Mahr

General Info

Year: 1997
Duration: c. 7:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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 Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Claves
Hi-Hat
Maracas
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tam-Tam
Timbales (2)
Tom-Tom (4)
Triangle
Vibraphone
Vibra-slap
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This work was commissioned by the Indiana Bandmasters Association and premiered March 15, 1992, by the Indiana All-State Honors Band, Timothy Mahr, conductor, at Butler University, Indianapolis. It is “a fantasy work... intended to vividly conjure to mind images of motion. The introduction brings the dancers rushing onto an imaginary stage and assuming a calm, before the first of three highly spirited dances begins. As the dances draw to a close, the chimes strike, signaling an end to the revelry and causing the dancers to run away in to the night.”

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Iowa: IV
Louisiana: IV
South Carolina: VI
Virginia: VI

Performances

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University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) Wind Ensemble (James Popejoy, conductor) - 22 April 2021
San Francisco Wind Ensemble (Timothy M. Smith, conductor) – 15 October 2016
Snow College (Ephraim, Utah) Wind Ensemble (Vance Larsen, conductor) – 20 March 2008 (CBDNA 2008 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)
Big Rapids (Mich.) High School 2000

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adoramus Te, Christe (as arranger)
and in this dream there were eight windows... (2003)
Appalachian Folk Dream (2016)
Argentum (1986)
Blue Sky Day (2006)
Bridge Square March (2005)
Bright Side (2015/2018)
Carolina Folk Dream
Climb the Castle Walls! (2011)
Dauntless (2015)
Daydream (1989)
Diamond Celebration (2009)
Dig Down Deep (2013)
Endurance (1991)
Etched in Stone (2018)
Everyday Hero (2011)
Fanfare and Grand March (1980)
Fantasia in G (1982)
Festivals
Fields of Grain as Seen From a Train (2008)
Flourish (2000)
GF Redux: "It's Yours", from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Heroic Rhapsody (2009)
Heroic Valor (2009)
Hey! (2001/2005)
Honoris Causa (2009)
Hymn and Celebration (1994)
Imagine, if you will... (2013)
Imagining Peace (2018)
Immigrant Dreams (1992)
Imprints
Inaugural Dances (2006)
Into the Air! (1998)
Look In/Look Out (2018)
A Mighty March (2003)
Mountain Prayers (2006)
Mourning Dances (2001)
Mr. Kallman (2019)
Noble Element (2007)
Passages (1984)
Pride, Promise and Progress (2009)
A Quiet Place To Think (1999)
Retreat, from All Hail the Power (2002)
The Soaring Hawk (1991)
Sol Solator (2009)
Spirits Ablaze (2013)
Spring Divertimento (1992)
Suite for Band (2014)
Symphony No. 1 (2016)
Uncle Lumpy's Garage (2005)
Urgent Voices (2020)
The View from the Mountaintop (1996)
When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers (1997)

Resources

Mahr,T. (1997).When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers [score]. Neil A. Kjos Co.: San Diego, Calif.
"Timothy Mahr." St. Olaf College Accessed 12 October 2016