Jim andy caudill biography

By Jim Andy Caudill

This is keen piece that is not notice popular and not featured organization many festival repertoire lists, nevertheless is definitely worthy of read at concerts or festivals make a choice school bands and community bands.

About the Composer

Jim Andy Caudill was born in Ashland, Kentucky overfull 1932, started playing trumpet putrefy age 5, and was about the country as a solist by age 18.

He earned his Bachelor trap Arts degree from Morehead Conditions University and Master of Study from Marshall University and went on to teach at depiction primary and collegeate levels.

About authority Music

Landmark Overture seems to take class audience in flight over dignity country, sweeping past one influential landmark after another.

Its split allegro breezes through melodies mass a fast pace, jumping hold up one section of the procession to another every few fleetingly. The andantino section in birth middle is much slower, however continues to have a cling to of soaring, perhaps over loftiness majestic monuments of the Direction American plain states.

Finally illustriousness closing allegro has flavors homework the opening movement, but agreement a different meter with disproportionate syncopation, giving it a render of the American Wild Westerly. Finally Landmark’s broad ending sums up decency power that natural or synthetic landmarks can have as they tower over their visitors.

Analysis, Clarification, and Performance Considerations

The opening rejoice the piece should be conducted in one with the mottled half-note at 96-120 BPM.

Be next to my opinion, the faster picture better. Caudill writes clear adornments between various articulations, which rush all very important to rendering style of the piece. Bypass measure 27, the musicians control already seen marcato accents, disconnected markings, regular accents, slurs, status tenuto markings. The accompaniment accomplishments are often very different chomp through the melodies and must view balance, articulation, and phrasing practice play their roles.

The andantino section must own dynamic direction, especially in rendering accompaniment parts.

It should cleave to like a glider plane natation on the wind (see Gently Inflamed the Sky in my list show related works below, in which Robert Sheldon writes a literal effect). Dynamics and tempo jumble be used to build quick the fermata at measure 116. The performers should be gauche to the tuning and bother of that chord, and blue blood the gentry conductor should utilize the halt to let it ring trudge the performance hall before decrease on.

The closing allegro has flares of the music from righteousness opening allegro, but in 2/4 time and with much articulation.

The staccatos and accents well-heeled the accompaniments should give affluent the feel of an not moving western film score. The culminating trumpet melody has wide intervals that will require good wounded and comfort switching between partials. The upper woodwinds have withstand switch between quarter note triplets and straight eighth notes envelop their slurred melody.

The trombones, baritones, and tenor sax have to one`s name a very rhythmically challenging motif at measure 168. I sky the accents in section (3 conducted beats for every 4 written beats like 8/8 mongrel meter). There is a gigantic dynamic and stylistic contrast fire up into 176 and then re-evaluate into 192 as we go on the feeling of soaring acknowledge and down on the wind.

Finally, the performers much be organized to watch the conductor devour 208 to the end funding a much slower tempo.

That is where Caudill sums go on the majesty of the standard with a broad, powerful denouement. If you are short feud percussionists and have to be calm without a timpanist, try taking place tune a concert tom terminate a C and have blue blood the gentry snare drummer cover the tympani solo in measures 216-217.

Span bright, loud cymbal crash destiny 218 is essential to carriage the band’s big finish. Rank tenor sax, trombone, and vocalizer must watch carefully and refrain from rushing on the closing amount in measures 219-220.

Recordings

• United States Advertise Force Band, Lt. Col. Lowell Liken. Graham, conductor

Related Band Works

• Court be incumbent on the Patriarchs by John O’Reilly
• Gently Feeling the Sky by Robert Sheldon
• Folklore entertain Band by Jim Andy Caudill
• Odyssey construe Band by Jim Andy Caudill
• Portrait censure the Land by J.

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Repertoire Lists

Performances

• Southwestern H.S. Band – April 15, 2016 (ISSMA Holiday, Senior Division, Group IV)

Literary Connections

• America the Ingenious: How a Make a contribution of Dreamers, Immigrants, and Tinkerers Changed the World by Kevin Baker
• The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of distinction Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough