Spark/AMT is a dance therapy program based on the principles of Autism Movement Therapy for children who struggle with motor coordination, social, speech, and behavioral skills, not just children with autism. Each Spark/AMT class will consist of a warm up, short routines, movement across the floor, games, and tons of fun along the way! Dance Movements was commissioned by the United States Air Force Band and first performed by them in February 1996. A tour-de-force for a large band, the work. Dance forms The organization or plan for pattering movements; the overall structural organization of a dance or music composition (e.g. Call and response, theme and variation, canon). Dance phrase A partial dance idea composed of a series of connecting movements and similar to a sentence in the written form. Dance sequence Order in which a series of movements.

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Philip Sparke

General Info

Year: 1996
Duration: 20:25
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher:Studio Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $295.00 | Score Only - $60.00

Movements (played without pause)

1. Ritmico – 3:20
2. Molto Vivo (for the Woodwinds) – 5:10
3. Lento (for the Brass) – 4:35
4. Molto Ritmico – 7:10

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Cello
String Bass
Harp
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos
Cabasa
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Tom-Toms (3: small, medium and large)
Triangle
Tubular Bells
Vibraphone
Whip
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Dance Movements Philip Sparke Score Pdf

Program Notes

Dance Movements was commissioned by the United States Air Force Band and first performed by them at the Florida Music Educators’ Association Convention in January 1996. It is cast in four movements which are played without a break; the second and third feature woodwinds and brass, respectively.

In many respects, the circumstances of the commission itself were the musical inspiration for the piece: I had been asked to write for a very large band, which included piano and harp. It was the first time I had used these instruments in a concert band score and (as in Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements) their presence coloured the score and, indeed, the type of music I wrote.

The four movements are all dance-inspired, although no specific dance rhythms are used. The first has a Latin American feel and uses xylophone, cabasa, tambourine and wood block to give local colour. The second woodwind movement uses a tune that had been plaguing me for some time and is, I suppose, in the style of an English country dance. The brass movement was composed without a specific dance analogy, but I think it can been seen as a love duet in classical ballet. The fourth and longest movement has, I hope, cured me of a ten-year fascination, almost obsession, with the music of Leonard Bernstein, and I will readily admit that it owes its existence to the fantastic dance music in West Side Story.

I. Ritmico. The opening theme on horns and saxophones is played amidst stabbing chords from the top and bottom of the band. A gentler theme follows on piccolo and clarinet, followed by the flute, oboe, trumpet, harp and glockenspiel. The main motif of the movement then arrives, which includes a dotted rhythm, which is to recur at all significant moments. A climax is reached and an angular figure follows on oboes, saxophones and clarinets. Previous material then reappears to bring the movement to a close.

II. Molto Vivo (for the Woodwinds). The second movement starts with a rustic dance tune, which is continually interrupted. It passes through various keys and stages of development until a bubbling ostinato arrives on piano, harp, glockenspiel and cello. Over this, the oboe lays a languid tune, which is then taken up by soprano and alto saxophones. Clarinets and lower winds introduce a new idea; it is built on 9th and 11th chords, highly syncopated and interspersed by snatches of the ostinato. Eventually the oboe theme reappears, accompanied by the lower wind chords. The dance tune then establishes itself once more and reaches a climax before winding down to a close.

III. Lento (for the Brass). The third movement opens with whispering muted trumpets, harp and vibraphone. Declamatory statements from horn and trombone answer each other and a slow and majestic chorale gets underway. Trumpets join to reach a climax where the original trombone statement reappears, bringing back the opening trumpets figures.

IV. Molto ritmico. The final movement bursts into life with a passage featuring the percussion section. The whole band then joins in until a driving bass ostinato establishes itself. Melodic snatches are thrown around the band until a gradual crescendo leads to a unison passage for the entire band. A robust theme appears on horns and saxophones but eventually the earlier sinister music returns. After a short pause a plaintive tune on the woodwinds leads to a more rhythmic one on the brass, but it is not long before the percussion remind us of the opening of the movement, and the ostinato reappears. The robust horn tune is this time played by the full band but the moment of triumph is short and a running passage appears that starts in the bottom of the band but works its way to the upper woodwinds. Eventually the brass plays a noble fanfare that dispels the darker mood and ends the movement in a blaze of colour.

Dance Movements Philip Sparke Score

- Program Note by Philip Sparke

Awards

Sudler Composition Prize (1997)

Commercial Discography

Audio MP3:United States Air Force Band (Lowell Graham, conductor) – 2013
Audio CD:North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Corporon, conductor) – 2000

Dance Movements Sparke Score

Raavi font practice book pdf.

Media Links

Audio:Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Indiana: Group I (Movement IV)
Iowa: VI
Virginia: VI (complete performance counts as two works)
Texas:
- Grade IV: Perform at least one movement
- Grade V: Perform at least Movement 4

Performances

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University of Oklahoma (Norman) Symphony Band (Michael Hancock, conductor) - 3 May 2021
Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Va.) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Roblee, conductor) - 14 April 2021
Central Washington University (Ellensburg) Wind Ensemble (Paul Bain, conductor) - 11 March 2021
West Chester (Penn.) University Wind Ensemble (Andrew Yozviak, conductor) – 1 November 2020
Oregon State University (Corvallis) Wind Ensemble Woodwinds and Percussion (Erik Kar Jun, conductor) – 24 October 2020
University of Kansas (Manhattan) Wind Ensemble (John Leonard, conductor) – 6 October 2020
Western Illinois University (Macomb) Wind Ensemble (Mike Fansler, conductor) – 26 September 2020
University of South Alabama (Mobile) Wind Ensemble (William Petersen, conductor) – 27 February 2020
University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) Wind Ensemble (Travis J. Cross, conductor) – 6 December 2019
Duke University (Durham, N.C.) Wind Symphony (Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, conductor) – 14 November 2019
University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Wind Symphony (Jaclyn Hartenberger, conductor) – 15 April 2019
University of North Texas (Denton) Symphonic Band (Dennis Fisher, conductor) – 21 March 2019
University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Thomas Gamboa, conductor) – 5 March 2019
Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) Wind Ensemb