Luna
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00; (digital) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Flute
- Oboe (or Flute II)
- Bassoon I-II
- 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 I-II
- Trombone I-II
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass (optional)
- Timpani
- Percussion, including:
- *Bells
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A lovely lyrical piece with a beautiful melody, lush scoring, and rich harmonies. Colorful but attainable woodwind lines add a layer of emotion while making a middle or high school concert band sound full.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Thornapple Wind Band (Hastings, Mich.) (Joan L. Bosserd-Schroeder, conductor) - 19 April 2026
- Laguna Middle School (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Troy Kutch, conductor) – 15 March 2024
- Chemeketa Community College (Salem, Ore.) Concert Band – February 2024
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Ancient Flower (2015)
- Blessing Wind (2024)
- Bluebell (2018)
- Bright Moon (1994/2015)
- Cherry Tree (2015/2023)
- Falling Water (2024)
- The First Noel (2025)
- Flying Away (2022)
- Jacaranda Mimosifolia (2020)
- Joyful Lily (2025)
- Key West Pink! (2009)
- Luna (2022)
- Merry-Go-Round (2016)
- Mono/Pastel (2018)
- Northern Lights (2023)
- Primula (2020)
- Purple Martin (2019)
- Sailing! (2010/2015)
- Scenes from "Citizen 13660" (2024)
- Smiling After the Rain (2020)
- Snowflake
- Song for Terra (2023)
- Sparkleberry (2006)
- Star Ship (2003)
- String of Dolphins
- Summer Triangle (2021)
- Sweet New Moon (2019/2021)
- Under a Winter Sky (2021)
- Water Reflections (2019)
- Winter Milky Way (2012/2017)
Resources
- Yukiko Nishimura website. Accessed 16 March 2024