Zodiac Concerto II
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Stephenson Music (?)
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Movements
1. Leo
2. Pisces
3. Aquarius
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Horn in F
Solo Euphonium
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
C Trumpet
B-flat Flugelhorn
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Harp
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:
- Bass Drums (2)
- China Cymbals
- Crash Cymbals (2)
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Zodiac Concerto II was commissioned by a small consortium led by the University of Central Florida Wind Ensemble and also including The United States Marine Band, “The President’s Own.” Zodiac II is the second in a proposed “Zodiac Chronicles,” whereby at its completion there will be four Zodiac concerti, each written by a different composer, and all told, their combined twelve movements representing all twelve of the zodiac signs. UCF Director of Bands, Scott Lubaroff, along with William Caballero and Roger Oyster, commissioned, premiered, and recorded the first Zodiac Concerto, by Anthony DiLorenzo, in 2017-2018.
In discussing this second installment there was no question that the composer to write it should be Jim Stephenson. Based in Chicago, but a long-time resident of Florida and former musician in the Naples Philharmonic, Mr. Stephenson has quickly become one of the 21st century’s most authentic and sought-after composers. Zodiac Concerto II’s first movement, Leo, is written in memory of Roger Oyster’s father, Dale Oyster. Pisces is Dr. Lubaroff’s zodiac sign, Aquarius the composer’s.
- Program Note excerpted from University of Central Florida Symphonic Band concert program, 13 April 2022
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Central Florida (Orlando) Symphonic Band (Scott Lubaroff, conductor; Demondrae Thurman, euphonium; William Caballero, horn) – 13 April 2022 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
- Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
- May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
- 2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
- Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)
All Wind Works
- American Embers (2017)
- American Fanfare (2009)
- as the fireflies watched (2020)
- August in York (2008)
- BasSOON It will be Christmas (2007/2013)
- Celebration Overture (1999/2018)
- Chorale in Blue (2018)
- A Charleston Christmas (as arranger) (2012)
- Code of Conduct (2023)
- Concerto Braziliano
- Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
- Concerto for Cell Phone
- Concerto for Hope (2016/2017)
- Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet (2016)
- Concerto for Winds (2023)
- Concerto Grosso (2016)
- Concerto No 1 for Trumpet (2007)
- Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet (2010)
- Concerto No. 3 for Trumpet. See: Concerto for Hope
- Deep Dish (2016)
- The Devil's Tale (2013)
- A Dialogue for Self and Soul (2013)
- Dodecafecta (2010)
- Duels and Dances (2011)
- Duo Fantastique (2007)
- Exhale! (2021)
- Eyes on the Bison (2021)
- Fanfare for an Angel (2010/2018)
- Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
- Fanfare for Democracy (2021)
- Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- ...Forward (2021)
- Glissin' Up (2016)
- Hanging by a Thread (2014)
- Heritage of Freedom Fanfare
- Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Holiday Fanfare Medley (2010)
- Homage and Farewell (2010)
- In the Moment (2018)
- In the Moment Too (2018)
- Intrepid Promise
- It's About Time (2014)
- Just B. See: Symphony for Brass
- Kentucky Run (2019)
- Kleiner Walzer (as transcriber) (1896/2022)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1996/2015)
- L'esprit de la trompette (2012/2014)
- Lonesome Valley Folk Suite (2022)
- Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
- Luther: In Canon (2017)
- May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Möbius Trip (2017)
- No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- Old Modern Musick (2018)
- Octet (2021)
- Overture to a Winter Celebration (2010)
- Perpetual Notion (2020)
- Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
- Requiem Dances (2018)
- Rhythms of the Spirit (2006)
- Saints Fantasy (2017)
- Scram! (2018)
- Second Thoughts (2014)
- Smitty's Aweigh Overture
- Sonata Rhapsody "The Arch" (2009/2014)
- Sounds Awakened (2013)
- Spinning Wheel (2024)
- Stars and Stripes Fanfare (2007/2018)
- The Storyteller (2013/2017)
- Sunburst Fanfare (2023)
- Symphony for Brass (2014)
- Just B (2020)
- Symphony No 1 for Concert Band (2008)
- Symphony No 2 (2016)
- Symphony No 4 (2023)
- Taps (2017)
- there are no words (2015)
- this is most certainly true (2017)
- Three Bones Concerto (2013)
- To the Sky (2011)
- 2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
- Twisted Shout (2021)
- Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)
- Unfettered (2020)
- Variations on Chinese Folk Songs (2006)
- Vast and Curious (2014/2017)
- Voyages (2020)
- Walk Slowly (arr. M. Stephenson) (1997/2009/2020)
- Wildcat Run (2019)
- Wooden Dimes (2021/2022)
- Zodiac Concerto II (2022)
Resources
- James Stephenson website Accessed 13 April 2022
- Scott Lubaroff, personal correspondence, April 2022