jo2004f sunlit morning alleluias
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Neil A. Kjos Music Company • Publisher
Kjos Full OrchestraGrade 5
Full Conductor ScoreJO2004F
$7.00Timothy Mahr
Sunlit Morning Alleluias
Sunlit Morning Alleluias
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The ComposerTimothy Mahr is a well-known and highly acclaimed composer, conductor, and
clinician throughout the United States, Canada, and Norway. He is currently Professor of Music at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he conducts the St. Olaf Band and teaches classes in conducting, composition, and music education. He also serves as the conductor of the Minnesota Symphonic Winds and is Past-President of the North Central Division of the College Band Directors National Association. His conducting career began in Milaca, Minnesota, as an instrumental music teacher at Milaca High School. He was Director of Bands at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, for ten years and was the founder and conductor of the community-based Twin Ports Wind Ensemble. Mahr graduated from St. Olaf College with a B.M. in Theory and Composition and a
B.A. in Music Education. He completed his M.M. in Trombone Performance and earned his D.M.A. in Instrumental Conducting from The University of Iowa.
Mahr was the first recipient of the American Bandmasters Association Commissioning Project and continues to receive commissions nationally. Recent commissions include works for the Music Educators National Conference and the United States Air Force Band. A former member of the National Band Association Board of Directors, Mahr was elected to membership in the American Bandmasters Association in 1993. He was awarded the ABA/Ostwald Award in 1991, and has been the recipient of grants from Meet the Composer and the Minnesota Composer Forum as well as the National Band Association’s “Citation of Excellence.”
Mahr’s works have been performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, the Midwest Clinic, the Music Educators National Conference, national conventions of the American Bandmasters Association and the College Band Directors National Association, and numerous state and regional conventions. Many of his works have been broadcast on the Minnesota Public Radio network. Recent recordings can be found on the Sony, Citadel, Crest, Mark, Cafua, and St. Olaf Records labels.
Mahr’s orchestral work Carolina Folk Dream is also published by the Neil A. Kjos Music Company. His works for concert band include Daydream, Endurance, Everyday Hero, Fanfare and Grand March, Fantasia in G, Flourish, Hymn and Celebration, Immigrant Dreams, Into the Air!, A Mighty March, A Quiet Place to Think, Sol Solator, Spring Divertimento, and The View from the Mountaintop.
The CompositionProfessor Steven Amundson celebrated his 25th year as the conductor of the St. Olaf Orchestra at their end of the
year concert in May 2006. I had been his teaching colleague for over a dozen years and thought it might be fun to compose a work in his honor. To surprise Prof. Amundson at the concert, the new piece was rehearsed without his knowledge and conducted by a student member of the orchestra.
Steven Amundson is lovingly referred to as “SMA” by his students (his initialed signature pronounced as a name), and I toyed around with those letters when thinking of what this piece might become. Sunlit Morning Alleluias was the resulting title and it generated immediate musical ideas. The word “Alleluia” provided rhythmic and melodic motives that are tossed about easily between the parts, and the notion of rising up and singing praise at the dawning of the day gave shape to a work that starts quietly in the dark and awakens with brightening energy. As an additional compositional challenge, I knew the work had to be learned in a single one-hour rehearsal!
Instrumentation List (Set C)1 – Piccolo1 – 1st Flute1 – 2nd Flute1 – 1st Oboe1 – 2nd Oboe1 – English Horn1 – 1st Bb Clarinet1 – 2nd Bb Clarinet1 – Bb Bass Clarinet1 – 1st Bassoon 1 – 2nd Bassoon/Contrabassoon (opt.)1 – 1st F Horn1 – 2nd F Horn
1 – 3rd F Horn1 – 4th F Horn1 – 1st Bb Trumpet1 – 2nd Bb Trumpet1 – 3rd Bb Trumpet1 – 1st Trombone1 – 2nd Trombone1 – 3rd Trombone1 – Tuba1 - Timpani2 – Percussion I:
Bells, Marimba, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal
2 – Percussion II: Suspended Cymbal, Tambourine, Crash Cymbals, Chimes, Bass Drum
2 – Percussion III: Tam-tam, Triangle, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals
1 – Harp8 – 1st Violin8 – 2nd Violin5 – Viola5 – Cello5 – String Bass1 – Full Conductor Score
Additional scores and parts are available.
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Dedicated to Steven Amundson upon his 25th year as Conductor of the St. Olaf Orchestra
Sunlit Morning AlleluiasFull Conductor Score Timothy MahrApprox. time – 2:30
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Calmly (q = 60)
Calmly (q = 60)
Calmly (q = 60)
Calmly (q = 60)
Pressing forward(q = 104)
Pressing forward(q = 104)
Pressing forward(q = 104)
Pressing forward(q = 104)
Piccolo
Flutes
Oboes
English Horn
Bb Clarinets
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bassoons(opt. Contrabassoon)
F Horns
Bb Trumpets
Trombones
Tuba
Timpani Percussion I:
Bells, Marimba, Snare Drum,
Suspended Cymbal
Percussion II:Suspended Cymbal,
Tambourine, Crash Cymbals, Chimes, Bass Drum
Percussion III:Tam-tam, Triangle,
Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals
Harp
Violins
Viola
Cello
String Bass
1
2
3
poco accel. 4
5
,
6
7
8
mp
9
1 p
Solo
,
,
mf
3 3
3 3 36
2
1 mp
2
1
2
1
mp
2
21
poco accel.
8
43
1
32
1
32
E, A, B & E
poco accel.
8
pp
S. Cym. (w/med. yarn)
p
T-tam.
p
[D C B E F# G A]
mf
pE, A, B & E
mp
1
poco accel.
pp
Solopp
div.
8
2
Solo
pp
pp
div.
3
div.
pp
pppp pp
p
pppp
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Dancing (q = 176)
Dancing (q = 176)
Dancing (q = 176)
Dancing (q = 176)
Picc.
Fls.
Obs.
E.H.
Bb Cls.
Bb B. Cl.
Bsns./C. Bsn.
F Hns.
Bb Tpts.
Trbs.
Tuba
Timp.
Hp.
Vlns.
Vla.
Cello
Str. Bass
10
11
12
13
mf
14
15
16
17
18
19
1 pp
mp
pp
3 3
2 pp
mp
1
mp
2
mp
3
1
mp
mf
5
2
mp 3
mp
3
1
mf
2
12
14
34
1
2
3
1
23
14
Bells pp
Bells
mp
3
Tamb.
Tri. p
Tri.
1
p
Solo
14
p
Solo div.
5
2 p
Solo
mf
33
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Picc.
Fls.
Obs.
E.H.
Bb Cls.
Bb B. Cl.
Bsns./C. Bsn.
F Hns.
Bb Tpts.
Trbs.
Tuba
Timp.
Hp.
Vlns.
Vla.
Cello
Str. Bass
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1 mp
2
1 mp
marcato
mp
marcato
2
mp
1
mp
2
mp
1
mp
marcato
mp
marcato
2
(no C. Bsn.)
mp
marcato
mp
marcato
21
23
31
43
1
32
1
32
23
31
Bells Mar. (w/med. yarn)
mf
Tamb.
Tri. T-tam.(w/wire brushes)
p mf
3
[D C# B E F# G# A]
p
p
1
23
31
p
Solo
2
p
Solo
p
Solo
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Picc.
Fls.
Obs.
E.H.
Bb Cls.
Bb B. Cl.
Bsns./C. Bsn.
F Hns.
Bb Tpts.
Trbs.
Tuba
Timp.
Hp.
Vlns.
Vla.
Cello
Str. Bass
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
1
2
1 mf
2 mf
1
2
1
mf
2
mf
12
37
34
1
2
3
1
23
37
Mar.
Tamb.
Tri.
p
Tamb. mp
S. Cym. (scrape w/coin)
T-tam. p
B.D.
B. D.
1
37
2 pp
Tutti
pp
Tutti
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Subdued (q = 54)
Subdued (q = 54)
Subdued (q = 54)
Subdued (q = 54)
Picc.
Fls.
Obs.
E.H.
Bb Cls.
Bb B. Cl.
Bsns./C. Bsn.
F Hns.
Bb Tpts.
Trbs.
Tuba
Timp.
Hp.
Vlns.
Vla.
Cello
Str. Bass
43
44
45
46
47
mp
48
9
49
50
6
3
6
6
1 mp
2
1 ppp
mp
2 ppp
p
mf
1
mp
2
1
ppp
mp
2
ppp
21
47
43
1
2
3
a2cup mute
mp
1
23
47
S.D.
S. Cym. (w/med. yarn)
ppp
p
T-tam.
1 47
2 ppp
Tutti
pp
sul tasto
div.
unis.
div.
ppp
div.
pp
sul tasto
pp
sul tasto
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Celebratory (q = 162)
Celebratory (q = 162)
Celebratory (q = 162)
Celebratory (q = 162)
Picc.
Fls.
Obs.
E.H.
Bb Cls.
Bb B. Cl.
Bsns./C. Bsn.
F Hns.
Bb Tpts.
Trbs.
Tuba
Timp.
Hp.
Vlns.
Vla.
Cello
Str. Bass
51
52 53
54
55
56
57
f
58
mp
1
mf
f
mp
6
2 mf
f
mp
6
1 mf
ff
6
6
2 mf
ff
6
6
mp
1
mf
ff
66
2
mp
ff
6
6
1
2
12
mp
f
ff
57
3
43
mp
f
ff
3
1
cup mute
mp
open
f
32
open
f
1
f
32
f
57
S.D.
S. Cym.
T-tam. (w/reg. beaters)
pp
f
T-tam.
[D# C# B E F# G# A]
f
f
1 Solo
div.
p
f
Tutti, unis.
57
f
mp
6
2div.
p
sul tasto
grad. returning to norm.
norm.
div.
ff
a3
div.
a2unis.
f
mp
grad. returning to norm.
unis.
norm.
div.
ff
grad. returning to norm.
div. a3 unis.
norm.
div.
f
grad. returning to norm.
norm.
f
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Picc.
Fls.
Obs.
E.H.
Bb Cls.
Bb B. Cl.
Bsns./C. Bsn.
F Hns.
Bb Tpts.
Trbs.
Tuba
Timp.
Hp.
Vlns.
Vla.
Cello
Str. Bass
59 60
f
61
62
mp
63
64
f
65
66
67
mp
68
f
3
3
3
3 3
1
f
mp
f
mp
f
3
3
3
3 3
2
f
mp
f
mp
f
3
3
3
3 3
1 f
mf
f
f
3
3
3
3 3
2 f
mf
f
f
3 3 3 3 3
f
mf
f
f
3
3
3
3 3
1
f
mf
f
f
3
3
3
3 3
2
f
mf
f
f
3
3
3 3 3
f
1
f
2
(C. Bsn. upper notes)
f
21
f
65
43
f
1
f
3
32
f
3
1
32
mf
f
65
f
S.D. mp
S.D.
mf
p
mf
S. Cym. (w/stick)
mf
3
C. Cyms.
T-tam.
mf
C. Cyms. mf
B.D. B.D.
mf
mf
1
f
mp
f
65
mp
f
3
3
3
3 3
2
f
mp
f
mp
f
3
3
3
3 3
unis.
mf
mf
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Picc.
Fls.
Obs.
E.H.
Bb Cls.
Bb B. Cl.
Bsns./C. Bsn.
F Hns.
Bb Tpts.
Trbs.
Tuba
Timp.
Hp.
Vlns.
Vla.
Cello
Str. Bass
69 70
mp
71 72 73
f
74
75 76 77 78
1
mp
f
2
mp
f
1
f
2 f
f
f
1
f
2
f
ff
f
1 ff
f
2
ff
(C. Bsn. unis.)
f
12
a2
f
73
ff
p
43 a2
f
ff
p
1
mp
f
32
mp
f
1
f
32 a2
f
f
f
f p
f
73
B to Bb
S. Cym.S.D.
f
(w/med. yarn)
p
f
S. D.
f
C. Cyms. f
B.D. f
[D C# B E F# G# A]
ff
1
mp
div.
73
f
2
mp
div.
f
unis.
f
div.
f
unis.
f
f
f
div.
unis.
f
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Picc.
Fls.
Obs.
E.H.
Bb Cls.
Bb B. Cl.
Bsns./C. Bsn.
F Hns.
Bb Tpts.
Trbs.
Tuba
Timp.
Hp.
Vlns.
Vla.
Cello
Str. Bass
79
80
81
82
83 84 85 86
87 3 3 3
1
3 3 3
2
3 3 3
1
3 3 3
2
3 3 3
3 3 3
1
3 3 3
2
3 3 3
3
1
( )
3
2
3
21
ff
fp
ff
84
3 3
43
ff
fp
ff
3 3
1
f
fp
ff
f
3 3
32
f
fp
ff
a2
f
3 3
1
3
32
a2
a2
3
opt.
3
84
f
mp
S. Cym.S.D.
mf
fp
f
3
3
3
3
3
C. Cyms. Chimes
f
B.D. C. Cyms.
f
[D C B E F# G# A]
fff
1
unis.
84
3 3 3
2
unis.
3 3 3
3 3 3
3
div.
unis.
3
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Picc.
Fls.
Obs.
E.H.
Bb Cls.
Bb B. Cl.
Bsns./C. Bsn.
F Hns.
Bb Tpts.
Trbs.
Tuba
Timp.
Hp.
Vlns.
Vla.
Cello
Str. Bass
88
ff
89 90 91
92
93 94 95
3
1
ff
3
2
ff
3
1
ff
3
2
ff
3
ff
3
1
ff
3
2
ff
3
ff
ff
1
ff
ff
2
ff
ff
12
ff
a289
3 3 3
43
ff
a2
3 3 3
1
ff
3
32
ff
1
ff
gliss.
32
ff
gliss.
ff
ff
(press) Bb to Bff
89
ff
ff
3
3
S.D. f
S. Cym. (w/med. yarn)
mp
ff
(no roll) 3
ChimesB.D.
B.D.
ff
f
ff
C. Cyms.
[D# C# B E F# G# A]
ff
1
ff
89
div.
3
2
ff
3
ff
3
div.
ff
ff
ff
ff
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