March Transforms
Complete Work Title:
March Transforms — a deconstruction of John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever"
Performance Medium:
wind ensemble: piccolo, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, Eb clarinet, 3 Bb clarinets, Eb alto clarinet, Bb bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 3 Bb trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba, 6 percussion.
Duration:
c.6:00
Dedication:
to Cindy Earnest and the UCSD Wind Ensemble
Date Composed:
October 1985 - January 1986; revised December 1993
Additional Information:
• Featured work at "Symposium XII for New Band Music" (1987).
• Grand Prize Winner, Third Annual Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonian Student Composition Competition (1989).
Performance History:
Towson University Symphonic Band; Dana Rothlisberger, conductor:
• 20 April 1999; Towson University (Towson, MD) — TU 20th Century Music Festival
Morehead State University Symphony Band; Richard B. Miles, conductor:
• 7 April 1994; Music Educators National Conference (Cincinnati, OH)
• 6 April 1994; Northern Kentucky University (Highland Heights, KY)
• 5 April 1994; Bedford-North Lawrence High School (Bedford, IN)
• 5 April 1994; Jeffersonville High School (Jeffersonville, IN)
• 4 April 1994; Meade County High School (Brandenburg, KY)
• 4 April 1994; Bourbon County High School (Paris, KY)
Morehead State University Symphony Band; Joseph Klein, conductor:
• 15 March 1994; Morehead State University (Morehead, KY) — MSU New Music Festival
SDSU Wind Symphony; Harold Warman, conductor:
• 15 October 1989; San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Indiana University Symphonic Band; Ray E. Cramer, conductor:
• 7 February 1989; Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble; John Paynter, conductor:
• 11 November 1988; Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) — Midwest Composers Symposium
Virginia Intercollegiate Band; Joseph Klein, conductor:
• 14 February 1987; Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA) — Symposium XII for New Band Music
UC San Diego Wind Ensemble; Cindy Earnest, conductor:
• 5 June 1986; University of California, San Diego
• 2 March 1986; University of California, San Diego [premiere]
Downloads & Links:
audio recording
Recorded 9 February 1989, Indiana University; Ray E. Cramer, Indiana University Symphonic Band.
