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Alchemy by Andrew Boysen Jr.
Grade 4
set: WB440 - $75.00
score: WB440F - $8.00
An alchemist combines two metals in an attempt to make gold. Composer Andrew Boysen, Jr. combines two disparate musical ideas-a chorale and a rhythmic allegro-creating an exciting new musical element in Alchemy.
Instrumentation:
1 - Piccolo
4 - 1st Flute
4 - 2nd Flute
2 - 1st Oboe
2 - 2nd Oboe
4 - 1st Bb Clarinet
4 - 2nd Bb Clarinet
4 - 3rd Bb Clarinet
2 - Bb Bass Clarinet
2 - Eb Contralto Clarinet
2 - 1st Bassoon
2 - 2nd Bassoon
2 - 1st Eb Alto Saxophone
2 - 2nd Eb Alto Saxophone
2 - Bb Tenor Saxophone
2 - Eb Baritone Saxophone
4 - 1st Bb Trumpet
4 - 2nd Bb Trumpet
4 - 3rd Bb Trumpet
2 - 1st F Horn
2 - 2nd F Horn
2 - 3rd F Horn
2 - 4th F Horn
3 - 1st Trombone
3 - 2nd Trombone
3 - 3rd Trombone
2 - Euphonium
2 - Bb Euphonium T.C.
4 - Tuba
2 - Percussion I:
Timpani (4)
Snare Drum
Finger Cymbals
China Cymbal
2 - Percussion II:
Vibraphone
Chimes
Metal Music Stand
2 - Percussion III:
Triangle
Brake Drum
2 - Percussion IV:
Ice Bell
Orchestra Bells
2 - Percussion V:
Small Suspended Cymbal
Large Suspended Cymbal
Sleigh Bells
Tam-tam
1 - Full Conductor Score
About the Composer:
Andrew Boysen, Jr. is presently a professor in the music department at the University of New Hampshire, where he conducts the wind symphony and teaches conducting and composition. Under his leadership, the UNH wind symphony has released six recordings and been invited to perform at regional conventions of the College Band Directors National Association and National Association for Music Education. Previously, Boysen taught at Indiana State University and Cary-Grove (IL) High School, and was the music director and conductor of the Deerfield Community Concert Band. He remains active as a guest conductor and clinician, appearing with high school, university and festival ensembles across the United States, Great Britain, and Australia.
Boysen earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting at the Eastman School of
Music, where he served as conductor of the Eastman Wind Orchestra and assistant conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. He received his Master of Music degree in wind conducting from Northwestern University in 1993 and his Bachelor of Music degree in music education and music composition from the University of Iowa in 1991.
He maintains an active schedule as a composer, receiving commissions from festival, university, and high school concert bands across the United States. Boysen won the International Horn Society Composition Contest in 2000, the University of Iowa Honors Composition Prize in 1991 and has twice won the Claude T. Smith Memorial Band Composition Contest, in 1991 and 1994. Boysen has several published works with the Neil A. Kjos Music Company, Wingert-Jones Music, Alfred Music, Masters Music, and C. Alan Publications, including pieces for band, orchestra, clarinet and piano, and brass choir. Recordings of his music appear on the Sony, R-Kal, Mark, St. Olaf and Elf labels.