Reviewer: Krista M.

Reeder

REPERTOIRE EVALUATION FORM

Title: Across the Halfpipe
Mvt. III - Minnesota Portraits

Composer / Arranger: Samuel R. Hazo

Publisher: Music Works - Hal Leonard

Date of Publication: 2008

Price: $85 Set & Score; $10 Extra Score
$195 Complete Suite (Sets & Scores)

Ensemble Type: Concert Band w/ Percussion Feature

Description/Genre: Contemporary

Duration: 4:15-4:30

Difculty: V. Easy ! Easy ! Mod. ! Diff. ! V. Diff. !

Score: Full Score ! Reduced Score ! / Transposed ! C-Score !

Instrumentation:
Picc ! Fl1 ! Fl2 ! Fl3 ! Alto Fl ! Bass Fl !
Ob1 ! Ob2 ! EHn ! Bsn1 ! Bsn2 ! CBsn !
EbCl! Cl1 ! Cl2 ! Cl 3 ! Alto Cl ! Bass Cl !
CAltoCl ! EbCBCl ! SSax! ASax1 ! ASax2 ! TSax !
BarSax ! BassSax !

Cor1 ! Cor2 ! Cor3 ! Trp1 ! Trp2 ! Trp3 !
Hn1 ! Hn2 ! Hn3 ! Hn4 ! Flg1 ! Flg2 !
Tbn1 ! Tbn2 ! Tbn3 ! BTbn ! BarTC ! BarBC !
Euph1 ! Euph2 ! Tuba1 ! Tuba2 ! StBass !

Harp ! Celeste! Glock. ! Xylo ! Mar. ! Vibes !
Piano ! Synth ! Chimes ! Crotales ! Timp ! Bass Dr. !
Snare ! Toms ! CrCym ! SusCym(2) ! Tam ! Tri. !
Hi-Hat ! Cowbell !


Unusual Instrumentation/Usage: Heavy Percussion Feature

Other Considerations:
Highest Pitch Trumpet: D6 Highest Pitch Clarinet: F6

Clarinet Crosses Break?: Yes ! No ! N/A !

Other Range Concerns: Everything is high and low - the whole song
explores the range and limits of almost every
instrument.

Technical Concerns: RHYTHM!
Articulation/Slur Patterns
Percussion
Duple/Triple
Syncopation
Flourishes
Chromaticism

Articulations/Bowings: All over the place And all styles

Meter(s): 3/4 - 4/4 - 2/4

Rhythmic Complexities: Yes.
Multiple ostinatos

Key(s): Eb - F

Harmonic Concerns: Vertical Alignment
Chromaticsm
Balance
Keeping it light

Primary Texture(s): Polyphony - Melody-Counter Melody - Homophony
Multiple ostinatos at once

Featured Instrument(s)/Solo(s): Percussion

Compositional Techniques: Complex rhythms & articulations
Imagery


Form: Exposition
A
Transition (exp. elements)
B
Transition
C (A+B+New Material)
D (Percussion Break)
E (Fuguish with previous themes)
F (Extension of E)
Coda

Program Notes:
Ever wonder what skiing or snowboarding at Buck Hill sounds like? Across the Halfpipe captures that
sound in exhilarating ourishes in the woodwinds, crests in cymbal rolls and crashes, overlapping rhythms
in the percussion, and amusing chord progressions in the brass. Just like the descent down a hill, the piece
gains momentum and builds in excitement as the Minnesota Portraits comes to a close in its third and nal
movement.

Similar Pieces (Title/Composer):
Bobsled Run - Lloyd Conley (much easier)

Additional Comments:
Get a score and look at it meticulously before ordering the whole piece.

What is at the heart of this piece?
Fun lightheartedness enjoyment Music is fun to play and fun to listen to!

I would play this piece with: Very Advanced High School Band
Honor Band
Collegiate Band

I would recommend this piece: Yes ! No !