FULL SCORE
QUEST for Concert Band
By James Barnes Op. 154
INSTRUMENTATION
* Indicates optional part 1-FULL SCORE 3-1st TRUMPET in Bb 1-PICCOLO* 3-2nd TRUMPET in Bb 2-1st FLUTE 3-3rd TRUMPET in Bb 2-2nd FLUTE 2-1st HORN in F 2-3rd FLUTE 2-2nd HORN in F 1-1st OBOE 2-1st TROMBONE 1-2nd OBOE* 2-2nd TROMBONE 4-1st CLARINET in Bb 2-3rd TROMBONE* 4-2nd CLARINET in Bb 2-EUPHONIUM in Treble Clef 4-3rd CLARINET in Bb 3-EUPHONIUM in Bass Clef 2-BASS CLARINET in Bb 4-TUBAS 1-CONTRA-ALTO CLARINET in Eb* 1-DOUBLE BASS* 1-CONTRABASS CLARINET in Bb 1-TIMPANI 1-1st BASSOON 1-PERCUSSION I: 1-2nd BASSOON* Snare Drum, Wood Block 2-1st ALTO SAXOPHONE in Eb 1-PERCUSSION II: Clashed Cymbals, 2-2nd ALTO SAXOPHONE in Eb Suspended Cymbal 2-TENOR SAXOPHONE in Bb 1-PERCUSSION III: Tam-tam, Triangle, 1-BARITONE SAXOPHONE in Eb Finger Cymbals (opt.) 1-PERCUSSION IV: Bass Drum, Mark Tree (Metal Wind Chimes) 1-PERCUSSION V: Glockenspiel, Grade 3 Duration: Xylophone, Vibraphone Approx. 6 Minutes
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Quest is a dramatic work for younger players. It is intended to portray a noble, mystical pursuit of some great conquest or accomplishment. It is full of driving percussion, resolving tone clusters, dramatic brass writing and spectacular tutti musical statements, all of which are within the range and capabilities of younger or less experienced bands.
The slower, softer middle portion of the work features easy passages for solo oboe, solo bassoon and solo piccolo (all of which are safely cued in other instruments.) This portion of the work affords a moment of mysterious repose before the faster, highly dramatic music returns. The work ends with a last-minute modulation from d minor to C major.
This work is a great choice for excellent middle school bands or smaller high school bands. Piccolo, second oboe, second bassoon, contra-alto clarinet and third trombone and double bass are all optional, so the work can be played with bands with limited instrumentation.
About the Composer
Professor Emeritus James Barnes, Chair of the Division of Theory-Composition at the University of Kansas, taught orchestration, arranging and composition courses, and wind band history and repertoire courses. At KU, he served as an Assistant, and later, as Associate Director of Bands for 27 years.
His numerous publications for concert band and orchestra are extensively performed in the United States, Europe and the Pacific Basin. His works have been performed at Tanglewood, Boston Symphony Hall, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Barnes has twice received the coveted American Bandmasters Association Ostwald Award for outstanding contemporary wind band music. He has been the recipient of numerous ASCAP Awards for composers of serious music, the Kappa Kappa Psi Distinguished Service to Music Medal, the Bohumil Makovsky Award for Outstanding College Band Conductors, along with numerous other honors and grants.
He has recorded three commercial compact discs of his music with the world famous Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. He has also been commissioned to compose works for all five of the major military bands in Washington, DC. Mr. Barnes has traveled extensively as a guest composer, conductor, and lecturer throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, Japan and Taiwan. He is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), the American Bandmasters Association and several other professional organizations and societies. Since 1984, his music has been published by Southern Music Company. 8 &!! 7 + 526 ) 21 ! &! &! '( ) ' * + ' * + ! + ! '( + + ! , ! ! * ! - ' . - + - + . + . '( / & ' . ' . (* , . $! +* .9 3: : : $ " %! !! . $ ! " ! ( .0 ;! 1 + $ 2 3!4!
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FULL ENSEMBLE WORKS MCBETH, W FRANCIS BARNES, JAMES S508CB Canto (Grade 2) HL3777385 Commissioned by the All-Japan Association to be used in their national contest by the S831 Carnaval in Sao Paulo (Grade 3) HL3778659 Japanese Junior High School bands. A light encore which features a clevertune, solid scoring, interesting modulations and easy, effective Latin percussion, playable by any good high school band. Carnaval in Sao Paulo is S548 Praises (Grade 2) HL3777539 dedicated to all the students in the Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra. A very straightforward, easy to interpret work, that opens forcefully, moves to a Romantic middle section before returning to the beginning tempo for the finale. Lower brass must be S945CB Credo, Op. 153 (Grade 3) HL172748 a little stronger than is normally required for grade 2. Credo is an ideal piece for young bands, particularly those with a large percussion section. 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If it rains, they cannot see This breautiful, lyrical piece was commissioned by the North Hills High School Band, each other because the river of light in the sky is swollen. The name of the star ship that Pittsburgh, PA, Warren Mercer, Conductor. Altair and Vega ride is called 'Hoshi no Fune'. I wanted to express in music the pain of these separated lovers." S949CB Prairie Winds Festival, Op. 152 (Grade 3) HL172766 Prairie Winds Festival is a fast, happy-go-lucky “opener.” It is very carefully scored and cross-cued, so that almost any size band can perform it. The Piccolo, 2nd Oboe, 2nd SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP Bassoon, Contra-Alto Clarinet, 3rd Trombone and Double Bass parts are all optional, but if Brion, Keith you have these instruments, it will sound more full. 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Celebrating our one-year wedding anniversary, we experienced the GRAINGER, PERCY ALDRIDGE 'Maid of the Mist', 'White Water Walk', 'Journey Behind the Falls', as well as the falls themselves. The work attempts to musically capture the essence of thoese experiences. Ragsdale, Chalon 'Journey Down Niagara' is dedicated to my wife, Kimberly Joan Tucker." This piece is third S709CB A Tribute to Grainger (Grade 3) HL3778161 price winner in the 2006 MBM Frank Ticheli Composition Contests. Movements: I. Maid of the Mist, II. White Water Walk, III. Journey Behind the Falls, IV. Niagara Falls. This setting of Grainger's music came about to fill a need for more of the composer's music to be set a a level appropriate to the average high school band. It is hoped that these three pieces will serve well as an introduction to Grainger's music, and that their appearance here YOUNG, CHARLES is consistent with his desire to make his music available to all musicians, not just the more accomplished. I. 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GRAINGER, PERCY ALDRIDGE Rogers, Mark S665 Irish Tune from County Derry (Grade 3) HL3777987 The present setting for concert band is part of Percy Grainger's largest body of work collectively known as British Folk-Music Settings.
HOWE, JAMES H. S507 Pentland Hills (Grade 3) HL3777380 Major James H. Howe was born in County Durham, England. He started his study of the cornet and piano at the age of nine, eventually leading to a musical career that began as a bandsman in the Royal Scots Army Band. Songs in this piece include "Lass O' Gowrie", "John Anderson, My Jo", and "The Rowan Tree". "Pentland Hills" is among his most popular marches, which also include "Sterling Castle" and "Glasgow Fair", all published by Southern Music.
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