Grade 3
SKU:
CL.012-3696-01
Composed by Shaffer.
Concert Band. Gems of the
Concert Band Series.
Audio recording available
separately (item
CL.WFR357). Extra full
score. Composed 2008.
Duration 5 minutes, 57
seconds. Opus III Wind
Orchestra Publications
#012-3696-01. Published
by Opus III Wind
Orchestra Publications
(CL.012-3696-01).
Soaring is a
mode of flight in which
height is gained slowly
by using air that is
moving upwards. Written
for music
educator’s Randy
Heuvelman’s 30
years of service to the
Woodland (Illinois)
School District, Soaring
paints a music portrait
of dedication, compassion
and intensity, all
aspects of this
educator’s tenure.
A slower middle section
alternating between
choirs of woodwinds and
brass paints a serene
portrait with lush
harmonies and soaring
countermelodies. The
extensive percussion
scoring utilizes timbres
that add and complement
the completed musical
setting. Soaring is truly
one of David’s
best works.
About Gems of
the Concert
Band
A
series of transcriptions
and other works in
varying styles,
representative of the
programming of the Great
American Classic Concert
Band era of a century
ago, as exemplified by
John Phillip Sousa, Edwin
Franko Goldman, Karl L.
King, and Leonard B.
Smith
