RONDO for HORNS and Concert Band

Name: RONDO for HORNS and Concert Band
SKU: SBI-2002034
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FINALLY! Your Horn section gets their opportunity to SHINE as a featured ensemble with your band. Based on a typical “horn call” as the main theme, and being somewhat challenging while remaining playable, your horn players will be delighted to play this tune with your band.

SKU: SBI-2002034 Categories: Concert Band Music, Novelty Music, Solo/Ensemble with Concert Band

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This brand new (First Quarter 2020) feature for Four French Horns and Concert Band will give your horn section their opportunity to SHINE!

Horn players are rarely given the opportunity to be featured players with a band, and a horn quartet has even less opportunity. Rondo for Horns and Concert Band will change that.

The minimum number of players is four, but you can play this with any number of horns -- up to as many as you can fit on your stage!

There are additional horn parts to be played within the ensemble, but those parts are optional, as they are doubled by the alto saxes.

This means you can put ALL your horns up front to be featured, or you can - in the mode for which this piece was written - bring in guest soloists like high school students to be featured with your band.

Here's the story behind how and why this work was composed: Central Mississippi Horn Teacher Betsy Landers had four of her Horn students try out for the Mississippi Lions Band for the school year 2019-2020.

In Mississippi, the Lions Band is the All-State band, with students from all over the state competing for the limited spots in the band, and believe it - the competition for these spots is fierce.

This season, there were 48 students from all over the state trying out for the 8 horn slots in the band.

Betsy had four of her students try out for the band, and in an eye-opening, jaw-dropping happening, ALL FOUR of them made the band. As far as we know, it is unprecedented for one teacher to have her students comprise 50% of any (large) section in the Lions Band.

To recognize Betsy and her outstanding students, Rondo for Horns and Concert Band came into being. The main theme is specifically written to sound like a quintessential horn call, and the difficulty of the piece is written so as to be playable but still be a fun challenge for All-State-Caliber horn students.

So give a listen to the World Premiere Concert video below, featuring four Horn selectees for the Lions Band, and we know you'll want to get this tune to feature your own horn players. Add this tune to your library today!

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PERFORMANCE by the WACO CONCERT BAND

In June 2023, the Waco Concert Band in Texas performed this number with their entire horn section, augmented by a guest horn soloist, and a couple of players from other sections of the band, transitioning to horn for this number – this gave them EIGHT HORNS for this performance, and they did a great job!

This video contains the introductory announcement, and the music starts at about 1:20 into the clip.

ENJOY!

Transpositions Available for Each Part in the ENSEMBLE CONCERT BOOKS SERIES

This chart describes each transposition available for each voice in the Ensemble Concert Books Series, along with a list of most of the instruments that can be appropriate for playing that part. This will give you a good idea of which books to order, based on which instruments you have. The preferred instruments for each part are highlighted in red.

SOPRANO 1:

In C. This part includes both the high octave, suitable for flute, piccolo, and violin, and the low octave, suitable for oboe or brass instruments in C.
In Bb. This part is suitable for trumpets, (soprano) clarinets, and soprano saxophones.
In Eb. This part is suitable for and voiced for the Eb soprano clarinet. It can also be played by an Eb sopranino saxophone. If necessary, it can be played by an alto saxophone, but it will not be in the right register, and it would be good if the alto sax player could play it an octave above the written notes.
In F. This part will be available only on request. Please allow six weeks for us to produce it. It is available in the event that a French horn or F trumpet is the only instrument you have to play this voice, and it will require a horn player with a good high range to play it.

SOPRANO 2:

In C. This part is voiced for oboe and violin. It is possible for a flute to play it as well, but this part will frequently be in the lower range for a flute and therefore might lose some power.
In Bb. This is the part to get for (soprano) clarinets, trumpets, and soprano saxophones.
In Eb. This part is voiced for alto saxophones and alto clarinets. It can also be played by an Eb soprano clarinet, but should be played an octave below the written notes.
In F. For French Horns.
In Alto Clef. For violas. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks for production.

ALTO:

In C. For violin, viola, or any other C-pitched instrument playing treble clef n the alto range.
In Bb. For soprano clarinets. It can also be played by a trumpet, as it has higher-octave cue notes for those notes that go below the range of a trumpet. It can also be played by tenor saxophones and treble clef baritone horn, but that player should play an octave above the written notes.
In Eb. For alto saxophones, and alto clarinets.
In F. For French Horns.
In Alto Clef. For violas, and those rare (and strange) trombone players who prefer to read alto clef. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks to produce it.
In Bass Clef. For trombones and baritone B.C. players. This part will usually be in the higher end of the range of these players, but not uncomfortably so.

TENOR:

In Bb. This is for tenor saxophones and baritone horns who play treble clef.
In Eb. This can be played by alto saxophones, although it will be somewhat low in their register.
In F. For French Horns. This is not the preferred instrument for this part, but they CAN play it.
In Tenor Clef. For violas, and others who prefer tenor clef. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks to produce it.
In Bass Clef. For trombones, baritone horns, and cellos. It can also be played by bassoons when needed.

BASS:

In Bb. For Bass clarinet and contra-bass clarinet. Also for Bass Saxophone and brass band type tuba/bass players who read Bb treble clef bass parts.
In Eb. For baritone saxophones and Eb Contra-alto Clarinets.
In F. For experienced horn players only. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks to produce it.
In Bass Clef - High. For string bass players.
In Bass Clef - Low - for tubas and bassoons.

MISCELLANEOUS PARTS:

Piano. If you cannot fill in all five other parts, adding a piano player may give you all the extra harmony notes you need.
Drum Set. While not required, adding a drum set to your performances, especially when you are using ten or more players, will definitely enhance the presentation.

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