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1 FULL CONDUCTOR SCORE Catalog No: AURORA BOREALIS Anthony Susi GRADE: 25

2 Full Conductor Score1 Flute10 Oboe2 1st B Clarinet5 2nd B Clarinet5 B Bass Clarinet2 Bassoon2 1st E Alto Saxohone3 2nd E Alto Saxohone3 B Tenor Saxohone2 E Baritone Saxohone2 1st B Trumet5 AURORA BOREALIS Anthony Susi Program Notes 2nd B Trumet5 F Horn4 1st Trombone3 2nd Trombone3 Euhonium (Baritone) BC2 Euhonium (Baritone) TC2 4 4 Timani1 Percussion 1: Snare Drum, Bass Drum3 Percussion 2: Triangle, Susended Cymbal, Tambourine, Crash Cymbals4 The aurora borealis is named ater the Roman goddess o dan, Aurora, and the Greek name or the north ind, Boreas, by Galileo in 1619 Dierent cultural grous have legends about the lights source In medieval times, the aearance o the Aurora Broealis ere seen as omens o ar or amine The northern Euroeans believed that the lights ere relections rom torches or caires, as did the Maori o Ne Zealand The Menominee Indians o Wisconsin believed that the lights revealed the location o the sirits o giant hunters and ishermen knon as manabai ok The Alaskan Inuits believed the lights ere the sirits o the animals they hunted Some Australian Aboriginies believed that the lights ere the sirits o their tribe Aurora Borealis himsically deicts the dazzling dancing lights o the magical sectacle in the sky hich has ascinated mankind or centuries The oening theme is resented in varying arrangements to characterize the many orms the lights aear rom atches or scattered clouds o light to streamers and arcs Trills and rolls reresent the riling curtains and the chromatic rising musical lines relect the shooting rays that light u the sky ith an eerie glo Bright brass anares dislay the magniicent shades o green and ink that oten occur Rehearsal Suggestions The recurring dotted eighth and sixteenth note igure should be layed in a searated style throughout the iece to maintain a lively eel Be sure to also emhasize all dynamic accents throughout the iece as ell to create the intended rhythmic eel I hoe you enoy rehearsing and erorming Aurora Borealis Instrumentation Anthony Susi About the Comoser Anthony Susi has been teaching music in Connecticut schools at the middle, high school and collegiate level since 1985 He oten serves as guest conductor at honors band estivals or both middle and high school musicians throughout his native state, as ell as in Mass and Rhode Island He has resented numerous state conerence orkshos and contributed articles or ublication in CMEA, Band World, ME, and SBO on music edagogy He has also been invited requently to adudicate both azz and concert band estivals in Connecticut His erorming ensembles have been eatured many times at CMEA and MENC Eastern Division Conerences and have earned Suerior ratings and to honors at adudication estivals throughout the Eastern states Anthony s diverse exerience as a band director has rovided him a unique understanding o the aesthetic aeal and technical needs or comositions ritten at various age levels This is evident by the number o commissions he receives each year rom both middle and high school band directors since 1998 Some o his orks have recently been noted in to 100 lists by Band World International and the CT Chater o ASBDA Outside o music education, Mr Susi has also comosed and recorded ive CDs o original music in a variety o genres that have been eatured on Best o CT comilation discs and the soa oera, As the World Turns He is also an active solo artist on guitar, keyboard and vocals, erorming regularly at several establishments around his home state WFR395 Ne Young Band CDs BEYOND THE CHALLENGE The Washington Winds, Edard S Petersen Conductor CONTENTS: Forged In Fire (Romeyn), Oh, My Heart Belongs To Ireland (Searingen), The Squealer (Hu/arr Glover), Reoissant! (Shaer), Feuerest Polka - O 269 (Strauss/arr Longield), Tilight Portrait (Huckeby), Klezmer! (Webb), Deiance! (arvis), A Voyage To Freedom (Searingen), Meditation (Massenet/arr Glover), Skyalk (Mohanty), Travelin Music (La Plante), Heaven s Light (Reineke/arr Romeyn), Dragonshi (Neeck), Aurora Borealis (Susi), Olymus (Romeyn), Nimrod (Elgar/arr Glover), Dr Mayhem! (Bell), Beyond The Challenge (Huckeby), Bunker Hill (King/arr Searingen), The Cat s Paamas (La Plante), Eclise Galo (King/arr Glover), The Star Sangled Banner (arr Huckeby)

3 Conductor Score AURORA BOREALIS Anthony Susi Flute Oboe 1st B b Clarinet 2nd B b Clarinet B b Bass Clarinet Bassoon E b Alto Saxohone B b Tenor Saxohone E b Baritone Saxohone 1st B b Trumet 2nd B b Trumet F Horn Trombone Euhonium (Baritone) Timani F, B b, C Percussion 1 Snare Drum Bass Drum Percussion 2 Triangle, Susended Cymbal, Tambourine, Crash Cymbals # & b b b & m 4 / 4 Andante ( q = 96) Triangle Andante ( q = 96) m m m! 1 1! 1 1! 1!! 1 1! Chesord Music Publications (BMI), PO Box 680, Oskaloosa, IA 52577, USA International Coyright Secured All Rights reserved Printed in USA WARNING! This comosition is rotected by coyright la To coy or reroduce it by any means is an inringement o the coyright la m #

4 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim m b - - b - - b b b m # # n b - - n # & - - b - b - b b - - b b b b m & b b b / m Moderato ( q = ca 108) b b n b m b m - - n b m - - b m m m m Moderato ( q = ca 108) b - - b b m 1! 1!! b b # m SD m BD Sus Cym æy m b n b b

5 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ m m 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim m m # # & b & b æ æ æ æ / n m b Cr Cym n Tri ~ æ! m æ æ ~ æ! m m

6 19 b m m b m m n m m 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim n b # 19 & b b b b b & b b m m æ æ / n # n b ~ Sus Cym m m æy ~ Y æ ~ m m

7 24 b m m Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b b b b b b b b b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b n b n b m n b b b b b n m b 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim n b b m b b m # # 24 & b b- b - b m b b b m n - b m m b & b b b b b b b m / m b m b b - Sus Cym Tri æy ~ æ! m n n b b æ æ æ

8 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim m # # & b & b æ æ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allegro ( q = ca 126) m m m m m m m Allegro ( q = ca 126) b Cr Cym Tri n n / æ ~ æ! Sus Cym Y æ m m 33 34

9 n 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim # # n & b b b b & b m / Tri m æ! æ! æ æ Y Tri! æ! ~ ~ - 9 -

10 43 m m m 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim n m b b m # & b b m & m / n n m n m # n m m b m Cr Cym m m m Tri b On Rim !

11 b b b b n n 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim # # & b & b / b n n n!!! n b b n m n n b n n n n n n n n b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b

12 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim 53 # # 53 & b b & b / m m m m b Tamb m b m m m m m m Cr Cym n n n b ~ n n n n b b b b ~

13 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim b b b m # # & b b - m b b b b- b - b b b b m / b b m m m n n n b b b b b m b m b b b b m Cr Cym n n b n n - b n m Sus Cym ~ æ Y m m b b b b b b b b n b b m b n b b n & b b b b b b b m n n b - b -

14 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim # 68 & b b & b æ æ æ æ æ / Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # æ æ Cr Cym Tri ~ æ! Sus Cym m m ~ æ! ~ m m æ m æy m

15 1st Trt 2nd Trt Euh Tim n b b b # # & b b b b b b b b & b m m / æ æ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ n Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ n n n ~ O O Cr Cym m Tri m m m æ! m æ!