Fresh Winds
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 3:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00; (digital) - $85.60 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Flute I-II (I doubling Piccolo)
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- B-flat Bass 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
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Timpani
- Percussion (6 players), including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Bells
- *Cowbell
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Guiro
- *Marimba
- *Mark Tree
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Tambourine
- *Temple Blocks
- *Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A fun and festive concert opener, Fresh Winds craftily showcases the entire band. Fanfares, flowing melodies, and tastefully orchestrated choirs of woodwinds and brass instruments are featured. Low voices and percussion flex their muscles in "heavy metal" moments inspired by the composer's rock-and-roll background.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by Rajalan Puhultajat (Band), Kuopio, Finland.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Video: Reference recording and perusal score
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Langley High School (McLean, Va.) Symphonic Band (Doug Martin, conductor) - 22 May 2025
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Huh! (Flex instrumentation) (1999/2020)
- We Are Here! Navy Pier! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Arctic Samba (2014)
- The Community Band Suite (2019)
- Crossing the Bosporus (2017)
- Fresh Winds (2020)
- The Hero's Journey
- Huh! (Flex instrumentation) (1999/2020)
- Light Up the Sky!
- Strange Dreams (2009)
- Tall Tales for Band (2016)
- We Are Here! Navy Pier! (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Winds to Come (2020)