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General Info
Year: 2024
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00; (digital) - $74.90 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Flute I-II
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II
- Horn in F
- Trombone I-II
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Bells
- *Cabasa
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Hi-Hat
- *Sandpaper Blocks
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Tambourine
- *Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
As I've stated in similar instances, writing music to honor the memory of a departed child is never an easy task. To the Flower Mound McKamy Middle School Band as well as the family and friends of Hiroto Kobukai, this work comes with sincere condolences and a heavy heart. Young Hiroto will be forever remembered as a person of communicable cheerfulness and optimism.
Etymologically, the name Hiroto is of Japanese origin meaning big, great, soar, or glide. As music honoring a departed loved one is generally of an emotional nature, I was thrilled (and taken aback to be honest) at the request that the piece be upbeat and jovial. During the creative process, images of this energetic young man greeting everyone he met with an enthusiastic "Hi!" constantly permeated my thoughts. The title of the work draws inspiration from Hiroto's signature greeting and quite coincidentally, the first two letters of his name! The piece begins quietly but energetically with percussion and gradually blossoms into engaging melodic lines and a rich harmonic background. The music then comes to a tranquil yet cheerful end.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Video: Reference recording and perusal score
State Ratings
- Texas: II. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Naperville (Ill.) Central High School Symphonic Band (DJ Alstadt, conductor) - 4 November 2025
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Between Dreams and Waking (2012)
- Coração (as arranger)
- Effington
- Fake News (2017)
- Fantasy on O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
- Gale (2017)
- Hit Me (as arranger)
- The Irish Blessing (2013)
- A Patron's Memento (2015)
- Rue's Farewell
- Sanguinity (2020)
- Shift
- Tis the Season: A Christmas Medley (as arranger)
- Voyage
- Zeal (2018)