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Willows of Winter, The
BJ Brooks (arr. by composer)
General Info
Year: 1997 / 2005
Duration: c. 4:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Crash Cymbals
- Orchestra Chimes
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Willows of Winter was first written for piano in December 1997, and was then arranged for band by the composer in 2004. The work was originally titled Lazy Day and was premiered by the Wichita Falls (Texas) Community Band in May 2004.
Prior to publication, the composition was renamed with a title suggested by the composer’s wife. In describing the work she said, “Though a willow may be bowed beneath the weight of winter, its beauty is still seen as the promise of warmth and hope emanate from within.”
- Program Note from publisher
The darker sonorities of the clarinet and horn are featured during the lightly textured passages. Time changes throughout the piece give the work a sense of rhythmic freedom, symbolic of the random movement of a great tree in the wind. Throughout the piece a simple melody reflects the simplicity and majestic beauty of the willows on that December morning.
- Program Note from Beaumont Middle School Symphonic Band concert program, 14 December 2005
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Beaumont Middle School Symphonic Band (Richard Clary, conductor) - 2005
State Ratings
- Louisiana: III
- Maryland: II
- Mississippi: IV-A
- South Carolina: III
- Texas: III. Complete
Performances
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- University of Dubuque (Iowa) Concert Band (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - 2 December 2022
- West Texas A&M University (Canyon) Concert Band (Shelby Easley-McPherson, conductor) - 27 April 2022
- Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 15 December 2018
- Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Gregory Drane, conductor) - 10 December 2015
- Reinhardt University (Waleska, Ga.) Symphonic Winds (John Culvahouse, conductor) - 6 March 2014 (ABA 2014 Annual Convention (Montgomery, Alabama)))
- Ely Junior High Band, Ely, Minnesota (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - May 2013
- Hillsdale (Mich.) Wind Symphony (Robert Livingston, conductor) - 2012
- University of Nevada (Reno) Symphonic Band (Cynthia Hutton, conductor) – 15 March 2006 (CBDNA 2006 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)
- Beaumont Middle School (Lexington, Ky.) Symphonic Band (Richard Clary, conductor) – 14 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond (2009)
- The Butterfly Chaser (2016)
- Cadence (2009)
- Caprice (2013)
- The Centennial March (2010)
- Cold Fusion (2015)
- El Símbolo Zía (2012/2018)
- The Essence of Memory (2022)
- Legacy
- Persist (2020)
- Phoenix (2011)
- The Standard: ENMU 75th (2010)
- Strange Loops (2022)
- Symphony No. 3 (2019)
- The Tempest's March
- The Wild Atlantic Way (2020)
- The Willows of Winter (2005)
- Windrider (2007)
Resources
- Brooks, B. (2005). Willows of Winter [score]. Grand Mesa Music: Grand Junction, Co.
- Schallert, Gary. "The Willows of Winter." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 256-260. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.