DEVELOPING BAND SERIES SAMPLE KINGSTREE OVERTURE. By Anne McGinty INSTRUMENTATION

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1 Q8896 Conductor $6.00 Conductor DEVELOING BAND SERIES KINGSTREE OVERTURE By Anne McGinty INSTRUMENTATION - Conductor 8 - lute - Ooe 6 - st B Clarinet 6 - nd B Clarinet - B Bass Clarinet* 5 - E Alto Saxophone 3 - B Tenor Saxophone - E Baritone Saxophone* 5 - st B Cornet/Trumpet - nd B Cornet/Trumpet - Horn 7 - Tromone/Baritone B.C/Bassoon* 3 - Baritone T.C.* - Tua* - - ercussion (, Cr. Cyms., B.D., Tam., Trgl.) SAMLE * Any one or more o these instruments ill provide an adequate ass part. Additional scores and parts are availale.

2 Aout The Music: KINGSTREE OVERTURE is an original composition in A-B-A orm ased on the concert B% scale and eatures contrasting sections as ell as contrasting styles and colors. It as ritten to make your developing and sound musically mature, ith attention to attacks and releases, characteristic tone quality and phrasing. The opening cornet/trumpet igure, reiterated in the second measure y the lo rass and oodinds, should e played in a anare-like style, marcato (ell marked) ut not too short. Although all the parts are marked orte, take care that the drums do not overpoer the ind instruments and encourage the ind instruments to listen to the drums or accurate sudivision o the eats. The descending scale in the lo rass and oodinds contrasts ith the ascending scale in the lute and optional ooe and the decrescendo should e exaggerated, i necessary. At measure 9 the upper oodinds provide oth a dynamic as ell as a color contrast to the preceding section. A return to the opening theme ends the irst section and leads to a loing, legato middle section. lease note that the ass line as ell as the clarinets are marked piano and the moving lines in the alto saxophone and the melody in the lute and ooe are marked mezzo piano. Achieving a good alance in developing ands in diicult, ut pointing out the dierent dynamic levels to the students should help as there is a tendency to play the same dynamic that they hear rather than hat is actually ritten. The recapitulation, measure, separates the opening eight measures into to-ar segments, each eaturing a dierent color ithin the concert and. Take care that the melody is easily heard, especially the irst clarinets eginning ith the pickups to measure 6 and the lutes and optional ooe in the olloing to measures. The ass line in octaves presents the theme in measures 50-5, olloed y the cornets/trumpets, then ull and. This piece ill highlight your developing concert and s musical skills and is sure to impress your audience as ell. ANNE McGINTY is a critically acclaimed composer/arranger o music or concert and, rom the eginning level to the most advanced. Her intriguing instrumental colors and textures, comined ith her masterul compositional skills, set her apart as a unique artist in the ield o educational music or concert and. More inormation can e ound at queenood.com SAMLE Q8896

3 QUEENWOOD/KJOS DEVELOING BAND SERIES Conductor Duration ca. :5 lute Ooe B Clarinets Alto Saxophone Cornets/ Trumpets Horns (Tenor Sax.) Lo Brass Woodinds ercussion, Cr. Cyms., B.D., Tam., Trgl. l. Horn Lo Brs. Ws. erc. a a Allegro moderato ( q = 08 ) H B.D. KINGSTREE OVERTURE æ æ @ a 9 å a J. Tam. J a 8 9 By ANNE 5 SAMLE 008 Queenood/Kos, 38 Jutland Drive, San Diego, Caliornia, 97. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. rinted in U.S.A. WARNING! The contents o this pulication are protected y copyright la. To copy or reproduce them y any method is an inringement o the copyright la. Anyone ho reproduces copyrighted matter is suect to sustantial penalties and assessments or each inringement. 0 Q8896

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