Ameraustrica

Concert Band / Wind Ensemble, op.9 (10'00)

Chosen by the Austrian Wind Band Association as a compulsory piece for Austrian Wind Bands for the competitive concert season 2013/14.

2^nd Prize Winner of the 2013 Penfield Music Commission Project Contest (New York, USA)

Written between September - December of 2011

World premiere: March 12, 2012, Eastview High School Wind Ensemble; Apple Valley, Minnesota (USA)

Commissioned by the Eastview High School Wind Ensemble (Apple Valley, Minnesota)

Sheet Music

Orchestration

Piccolo Flute (alternating Flute 1)
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
Bb Clarinet 1
Bb Clarinet 2
Bb Clarinet 3
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Eb Alto Saxophone 1
Eb Alto Saxophone 2
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone

Bb Trumpet 1
Bb Trumpet 2
Bb Trumpet 3
F Horn 1
F Horn 2
F Horn 3
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Euphonium
Tuba

 
  Full Percussion Version :

  Percussion: (ideally 9 players)
    Timpani (4 drums, preferably 5), Bass Drum, Snare Drum,
    4 Concert Toms (high- low), Suspended Cymbals, Crash Cymbals (a2),
    (Upside-down-) China Cymbal, Tam- Tam (Beater & Dreadlocks),
    Triangle, Shaker, Anvil (played with hammer), Wind Chimes,
    Tubular Bells (Chimes), Crotales (played with string bow)

Mallet Percussion: (3 players)
    Marimba (soft, medium- soft, & medium- hard mallets), Vibraphone,
    Xylophone (medium rubber mallets),
    Orchestra Bells (Glockenspiel) (medium- hard plastic mallets)

Reduced Percussion Version:

Percussion: (5 players)
    Timpani (4 drums, preferably 5), Bass Drum, Snare Drum,
    4 Concert Toms (high- low), Suspended Cymbals, Crash Cymbals (a2),
    (Upside-down-) China Cymbal, Tam- Tam (Beater & Dreadlocks),
    Triangle, Shaker, Anvil (played with hammer), Wind Chimes,
    Tubular Bells (Chimes), Crotales (played with string bow)

Mallet Percussion: (1 player)
    Vibraphone, Orchestra Bells (Glockenspiel) (medium- hard plastic
    mallets)