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Kjos CONceRT BAND GRADe 5 ½ JB92F $9.00 TIMOTHY MAHR IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL… CONseRVAToRy eDiTioNs SAMPLE Neil A. Kjos Music coMpANy • sAN DieGo, cAliFoRNiA 2 THE COMPOSER Timothy Mahr is a well-known and highly acclaimed composer, conductor and clinician throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and Norway. He is currently Professor of Music at St. Olaf College, where he conducts the St. Olaf Band and teaches classes in conducting, composition, and music education. He also serves as the conductor of the Minnesota Symphonic Winds, a 2009 recipient of the Sudler Silver Scroll Award from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, and is Past-President of the North Central Division of the College Band Directors National Association. His conducting career began in Milaca, Minnesota, as an Instrumental Music teacher at Milaca High School. He was Director of Bands at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, for ten years and was the founder and conductor of the community-based Twin Ports Wind Ensemble. Mahr graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Theory and Composition and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education. He completed his Masters Degree in Trombone Performance and earned his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Instrumental Conducting from The University of Iowa. Mahr was the first recipient of the American Bandmasters Association Commissioning Project and continues to receive commissions nationally. Notable commissions include works for the Music Educators National Conference and the United States Air Force Band. A former member of the National Band Association Board of Directors, Mahr was elected to membership in the American Bandmasters Association in 1993. He was awarded the ABA/Ostwald Award in 1991, and has been the recipient of grants from Meet the Composer and the American Composers Forum as well as the National Band Association’s “Citation of Excellence.” Mahr’s works have been performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, the Midwest Clinic, the Music Educators National Conference, national conventions of the American Bandmasters Association and the College Band Directors National Association, and numerous state and regional conventions. Many of his works have been broadcast on the Minnesota Public Radio network. Recent recordings can be found on the Sony, Citadel, Crest, Mark, Cafua, and St. Olaf Records labels. Other concert band works by Timothy Mahr published by the Neil A. Kjos Music Company include Argentum Immigrant Dreams Blue Sky Day Inaugural Dances Daydream Imprints, Into the Air! Diamond Celebration A Mighty March Dig Down Deep Mourning Dances Endurance Noble Element Everyday Hero A Quiet Place to Think Fanfare and Grand March sol solator Fantasia in G Spirits Ablaze Flourish Spring Divertimento Hey! SAMPLEThe View from the Mountaintop Hymn and Celebration When I Close my Eyes, I See Dancers Additionally, Mahr has co-composed works for young band published by the Neil A. Kjos Company with his daughters Jenna Mahr (Bridge Square March, Uncle Lumpy’s Garage) and Hannah Mahr (Heroic Rhapsody). THE COMPOSITION Imagine, if you will... has no specific story to tell. The title functions to invite the listener to either supply the characters, the setting and the drama or simply to let the music stand on its own. — Timothy Mahr JB92 3 INSTRUMENTATION LIST 1 – Piccolo 2 – Euphonium 4 – 1st Flute 2 – B≤ Euphonium T.C. 4 – 2nd Flute 4 – Tuba 1 – 1st Oboe 1 – Harp 1 – 2nd Oboe 1 – Piano 1 – English Horn 1 – Timpani (4) 4 – 1st B≤ Clarinet 2 – Percussion I: 4 – 2nd B≤ Clarinet Vibraphone 4 – 3rd B≤ Clarinet Orchestra Bells 2 – B≤ Bass Clarinet 2 – Percussion II: 1 – 1st Bassoon Marimba 1 – 2nd Bassoon Vibraphone 2 – B≤ Soprano Saxophone Orchestra Bells 2 – 1st E≤ Alto Saxophone 3 – Percussion III (two players): 2 – 2nd E≤ Alto Saxophone Tam–tam, Triangle, Claves, 2 – B≤ Tenor Saxophone Tambourine, Crash Cymbals, 2 – E≤ Baritone Saxophone Temple Blocks, Bar Chimes 3 – 1st B≤ Cornet 3 – Percussion IV: 3 – 2nd B≤ Cornet Drum Set 3 – 3rd B≤ Cornet (Suspended Cymbal, 2 – 1st F Horn Snare Drum, 2 Toms, 2 – 2nd F Horn Bass Drum, Hi–Hat, Ride Cymbal) 2 – 3rd F Horn 1 – Full Conductor Score 2 – 4th F Horn 3 – 1st Trombone Approximate Performance Time – 7:00 3 – 2nd Trombone Additional scores and parts are available. 3 – 3rd Trombone (Bass) To hear a recording of this piece or any other Kjos publication, please visit www.kjos.com. SAMPLE JB92 4 Commissioned by the Santa Clara County (CA) Band Directors Association for the 55th Anniversary of the Santa Clara County Honor Band 4 CommissionedIMAGINE, by the Santa Clara IF County YOU (CA) Band WILL… Directors Association Full Conductor Score for the 55th Anniversary of the Santa Clara County Honor Band Timothy Mahr Approximate Performance Time – 7:00 Full Conductor Score IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL… Timothy Mahr Approximate Performance Time – 7:00 1 Peacefully (Œ=60) 2 3 4 5 6 Piccolo bbbb 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ & 4 Solo œ- œ b b J œ. œ . 1 & b b 4 ∑ ‰Œ Ó œ ŒÓ ∑ ∑ ∑ Flutes π 3 b b 2 & b b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ 1. Solo 3 1 œb Oboes b b 4 œ œ œœœ œ œ œ b b ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ‰ 3 œ -œœ ŒÓ 2 & 4 3 . πp English Horn b 4 & b b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ œ ˙ ˙ w π Solo œ œ 1 b 4 œ & b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ 3 πp b Bb Clarinets 2 & b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ œ ˙ ˙ w stagger breathe π 3 b 4 & b 4 w w w w w w ∏ π B Bass Clarinet bb 4 ∑ ∑ Œ‰j b & 4 œ ˙ w w ˙ ˙ π 1 Bassoons ? b b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ 2 b b 4 3 3 3 Ob. solo cue end cue ‰ - . B Soprano œ œb œ œœ . b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ŒÓ Saxophone & b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ πp ∑ ∑ 1. Solo E Alto 1 - b 4 œ œ œ# . œ. Saxophones 2 & b 4 ∑ ∑ Ó Œ‰ R ≈Ó ∑ ∑ π p Bb Tenor b Saxophone & b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ œ ˙ ˙ w π E Baritone b b 4 ∑ ∑ Œ‰œ ˙ w w ˙ ˙ Saxophone & 4 J π Peacefully (Œ=60) Cup Mute stagger breathe 1 b 4 & b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ ˙. w w π p B Cornets b b 2 & b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ b 3 & b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ 1 b 4 2 & b b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ F Horns 3 b 4 & b b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ p 1. Solo∏ Harmon Mute j j , 1 ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ. œ œ. œ ˙. œ ˙. wœ ˙. ? b 4 Ó 2 b b 4 2. Solo b ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Solo ∑ Harmon Mute Trombones Harmon Mute π( ) 3 (Bass) ? b 4 ˙ b bb 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ w ˙ π P Euphonium ? 4 bbbb 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Tuba ? b 4 b bb 4 ∑ SAMPLE∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ b b 4 & b b 4 ∑ œ ‰Œ Ó œ ŒÓ ∑ ∑ ∑ Harp J œ P ? 4 bbbb 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ √œ b b 4 œ. œ . & b b 4 ∑ ∑ œ ŒÓ ∑ ∑ ∑ Piano 3 ∏ ? 4 bbbb 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Peacefully (Œ=60) ° A≤, C≤, D≤, G≤ Timpani ? 4 bbbb 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Vib.(w/bow) Percussion I: to Bells w Vibraphone b b 4 i Orchestra Bells & b b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Mar. Percussion II: p (w/med. yarn mlts.) Marimba œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Vibraphone ? b b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b 4 66 Orchestra Bells b Tri. 666 66 T-tam 3 π p Percussion III (2 players): (scrape w/Tri. btr.) j Tam-tam, Triangle, Claves, ∑ ‰‰— iŒÓ Tambourine, Crash Cymbals, ã 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Temple Blocks, Bar Chimes Ó O ∑ S. Cym. (w/med.p yarnI mlts.) p Percussion IV: 4 O ¿ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Drum Set ã 4 æ πp © 2013 La Jolla Music Company, Neil A. Kjos Music Company, Distributor, 4382 Jutland Drive, San Diego, California, 92117-0894. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Warning! The contents of this publication are protected by copyright law. To copy or reproduce them by any method is an infringement of the copyright law. Anyone who reproduces copyrighted matter is subject JB92 © 2013 La Jolla Music Company, Neilto substantial A. Kjos penaltiesMusic Company, and assessments Distributor, for each 4382 infringement. Jutland Drive, San Diego, California, 92117. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Printed in the U. S. A. Warning! The contents of this publication are protected by copyright law. To copy or reproduce them by any method is an infringement of the copyright law. JB92 Anyone who reproduces copyrighted matter is subject to substantial penalties and assessments for each infringement. 5 5 7 9 8 10 11 Picc. b b œ œ . œ œ . œ œ . & b b ∑ Œ‰. R œ œ ‰. R œ œ œ œ Ó ∑ ∑ π 3 3 3 œ œ. œ 1 b b œ. & b b Œ 3 Ó ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Fls. 2 b & b bb ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ 1 Obs. b 2 & b bb ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ b E. Hn. b b Œ ∑ ∑ & w w ˙. S. Sax cue - 5 - r œ . œ œ œb . œ œ œ œ œb . œ 1 b œ œ . œ ≈Œ œ ≈Œ & b 3 J R ‰ Ó ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ pP∑ ∑ B Cls. 2 b b & b Œ ∑ ∑ w w ˙. 3 b & b w w w w w B B. Cl. b b & b w w w œ ŒÓ Ó Œ a2 œ 1 π Bsns. ? b 2 b bb ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ œ Play π œb-. œ œb-. B S. Sax b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b & b ∑ ∑ ∑ œ œ ≈Œ œ œ R ≈Œ 5 1 p P E A. 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