Yosemite Autumn

Mark Camphouse

General Info

Year: 1997 / 2004
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A Kjos Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00 | Score Only - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
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-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Gong (or Tam-tam)
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Tubular Bells
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes
Xylophone

Errata

orn in F I-II, m.106: The two F-naturals should be F-sharps.

Program Notes

Yosemite Autumn is dedicated to the memory of my mother-in-law, Daphna Lodean Wilson (1930-2003), whose spirit will always seem "to glow with life." The majestic splendor of California's Yosemite National Park inspired this work. From the opening horn call to the final pianissimo chord in the woodwinds, Yosemite Autumn's sweeping melodies and profound harmonies portray the grandeur of the beauty of nature.

- Program Note by composer

Composers have attempted to depict various elements of nature in musical compositions throughout the course of music history dating from the Baroque era, include Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, and more recently in band compositions, including Dan Welcher's Three Places in the West.

The tone poem genre is likewise historically well established, particularly its use of motif, through Richard Strauss's Don Juan, Ein Heldenlaben, and Till Eulenspiegels lustige Striche.

- Program Note from Teaching Music through Performance in Band

Media

Audio: MP3 at Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Audio CD: University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony (Andrew Boysen, Jr., conductor).

State Ratings

North Carolina: VI

Performances

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Greenbrier High School (Evans, Ga.) Wind Ensemble (Brian M. Toney, conductor) - 13 April 2022
University of Vermont (Burlington) Wind Ensemble (Thomas Toner, conductor) - 14 November 2021
Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Brad Hogarth, conductor) – 8 March 2020
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) University Band (Rebecca Cichy, conductor) – 24 April 2019
Northern Illinois University (DeKalb) Wind Ensemble (Joseph Manfredo, conductor) – 18 April 2019
Ohlone Community Band (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 13 March 2019
Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Andy Pease, conductor) – 18 November 2018
Sanderson High School (Raleigh, N.C.) Wind Ensemble (Creighton Flowers, conductor) – 15 November 2018
Dalton/Whitfield Community Band (Tunnel Hill, Ga.) (George “Smitty” Barnett, conductor) – 12 November 2018
Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Andrew Pease, conductor) – 14 October 2018
Concordia University (Chicago, Ill.) University Band (Richard Fischer, conductor) - 28 September 2018
River Valley Wind Ensemble (Kankakee County, Ill.) (David Conrad, Conductor) – 6 May 2018
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Concert Band (Daniel J. Farris, conductor) – 6 March 2018
Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School Wind Ensemble (Jason Noble, conductor) – 14 December 2017
California State University, Long Beach, Symphony Band (Jermie Arnold, conductor) – 30 November 2017
University of Massachusetts Lowell Wind Ensemble (Dan Lutz, conductor) – 16 November 2017
Sacramento (Calif.) Winds (Timothy Smith, conductor) – 15 October 2017
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Summer Band (Jeananne Nichols, conductor) - 27 July 2017
Orange County Wind Symphony (Anaheim, Calif.) (Anthony Mazzaferro, conductor) – 18 June 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Air Mobility Command March (2008)
Anthem (2009)
Canzon, Fugato, and Hymn (2004)
A Dakota Rhapsody (2007)
Declarations (1996/1997)
Elegy (1989)
Elegy, Prayer, and Hymn (2015)
Essay (1992)
Fantasia on "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (2005)
First Essay for Symphonic Band. See: Essay
Foundation (2007)
Heartland Sketches (2009)
Homage to the Dream (2013)
Illuminations (2016/2018)
In Memoriam (2002)
La cathédrale résiliente (2019)
Legacy for Brass and Percussion (2008)
A Movement for Rosa (1992)
Pacific Commemoration (1999)
Prelude, Processional, and Postlude (2019)
Reminiscences (2011)
Resolutions (2017/2020)
Romanza, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Second Essay for Symphonic Band (2015)
The Shining City (2011)
Symphonic Fanfare (2006)
Symphonic Prelude (The Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer) (2006)
Symphony from Ivy Green
Three London Miniatures (1988)
To Build a Fire (1992)
Tribute (1985)
Twin Ports Overture (2012/2013)
Two American Canvases (2010)
Watchman, Tell Us of the Night (1996)
Whatsoever Things... (1997)
Yosemite Autumn (1997/2004)

Resources

Mark Camphouse website
Meunier, Robert. "Yosemite Autumn." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 744-750. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.
The Wind Band Music of Mark Camphouse: A Study of Twelve of His Musical Compositions, His Characteristic Sound, and the Inspiration Behind His Works