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Level 4 2025
THE INVINCIBLES
by JaRod Hall
Key - Eb
Time signature - 4/4
Tempo - Moderato opening to Allegro about 12-16 measures in
About 50 measures long
Starts with kinda awkward 1-measure fanfare in tpts/horns. Full band enters in m2 at forte, but drops to piano on count 3 with crescendo.
SEVERAL instances of accidentals, mostly in low voices, A naturals, D flats, and G flat in euphonium.
The base rhythm of the piece is Eighth Quarter Eighth syncopation, but the tricky part is that this rhythm occurs in different places of the measure-1&&34, 12&&4, 123&&; in DIFFERENT parts; often in rapid succession. EX: Melody-1&&34/Next measure percussion 12&&4/next measure lows 123&&.
Melody often follows up syncopated rhythm with dotted 8th sixteenth quarter. Had to rehearse it to get them not to elongate rhythm to dotted quarter eighth
Does the typical WW plays figure, Brass plays same figure about half way through.
A couple of sections of growing sustained notes with whole notes on 1 and half attacks on 3.
NEW - There are a ton of fp with a mf line on the next beat (ex. highs have a whole note fp on 1, lows enter on 2 mf with 2 3 - - & 1). One measure has a dotted eighth - sixteenth rhythm and a syncopated rhythm both happening on beat 1. There is not a ritardando, cesura, fermata, or measure of rest into the tempo change! Horns and saxes kick off the allegro at ff with 1 & & 3 4.
1. Maestoso- Dont go too slow. 2. Trumpets and Horns open up the piece on measure one. Everyone else comes in heavy in measure 2. 3. Tempo change to an allegro with NO fermata or railroad tracks. Would recommend doing beat 3 or 4 as a fermata to give tempo change. 4. Sax/clarinet at measure 10 with 8th quarter 8th quarter quarter leading into flute melody with tricky rhythm. (1& & 3 4,) 5. Flute Isolated Section in measure 13. 6. Would recommend working the transition many times. I did it like 7 times to solidify it. 7. Around measure 32 trumpets/flute/clarinet have the melody that flute have isolated. I would go there first. 8. A natural, Gb and Db in the low brass parts. 9. 2 flute parts, 2 clarinet, 2 alto, 2 trumpet, 2 trombone. Baritone part is not in unison with tbone. Tbone 1 goes up to a Eb. 10. There are like 7 percussion parts. Many aux instruments like tambourine. 11. Would recommend purchasing the the level 4 Chorale and March
Percussion: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Tambourine,
Triangle, Timpani, Bells..There was an issue in the percussion that had to be clarified with State office There are percussion instruments/parts that are not listed in the information released earlier. Snare drum does not match the score but that has been fixed according to information provided. Outside of UIL Criteria In the UIL Level IV percussion 1 part: the rhythm: two-sixteenths-eighth note pattern is used. This pattern is not in the criteria. Only eighth-two sixteenths is in the criteria. Discrepancies between the Score and parts UIL Level 3: OBOE: In measures 1, 2, 35, 41, and 42: the notes in the part are one octave below what is printed in the score. UIL LEVEL 4: TRUMPET 2: - In measures 16 - 17, the rhythm for these measures in the part do not match what is printed in the score. SNARE DRUM: In measure 31: In the snare part: instead of two eighth notes, there is eighth-two sixteenths. In measure 34, there is an eighth note in place of an eighth rest.
Level 4 2024
DUNROBIN CASTLE
by Clifton Jones
Key - F to Bb
Time - 3/4 to 4/4
Tempo - 1st section is Maestoso, 2nd section is Allegro Moderato, 3rd Section goes back to Maestoso.
Opening section in 3/4. Dotted Quarter rhythms in brass and most woodwind. Flute and Clarinet 1 have 4 sixteenth into a trill on beat 2 of each measure. As you approach the first fermata, there are ties across the barline in select brass parts.
Most other winds in unison dotted quarter 3 eighths m. 2 3 quarters Figure repeats a couple times
There is a B natural accidental in tuba, horn, trumpet(?), alto sax
About 12ish measures until fermata/caesura
2nd section is in 4. Middle section makes more sense than the tricky opening. Some strange chords and key signature notes in melody. Lots of Eb compared to the E naturals in the opening section. Lot of back and forth between tutti brass and tutti ww. Middle section is 2 distinct parts. Low brass takes over melody for the second half with trumpets and others playing "Rest 2+ 3-4).
The last Maestoso section is similar to the opening, but no key change. Stays in Bb and remains in 4. Half tied to eighth instead of dotted quarter this time. More sixteenths in the flute and 1st clarinet.
This piece has loads of places to get separated, lose track, or play "right notes" that sound wrong.
Lots of traps in this one. There is a section where some notes don't fit the chord? Flutes and clarinets have 16th note trill passage in the opening section
TC baritone does not match the BC baritone part during measures 38 - 45. The TC Baritone part doubles another instrument.
MORE INFORMATION
The trills happen in both the beginning Maestoso in F and the ending Maestoso in Bb and they’re the same pitches, so the trill note changes! Beginning they need to go from concert D to E nat. and the ending D to Eb…I had to show my flute kiddos the trill fingerings.
TRILL INFORMATION!!
C-D = 2nd trill key (closest to end joint)
D-E = left 3rd finger
Bb-C= thumb Bb key
D-Eb= both trill keys
The clarinet trills are all in the staff and can trill between the regular fingerings
MORE INFORMATION
1. In the alto sax part there is a c-natural accidental tied across a bar line - students need to know the c-natural holds through the bar.
2. There are several concert e-flat to e-natural half-steps in the lower Reed voices.
3. There is a rhythm that will likely trip kids up. It's quarter-eighth-eighth-quarter, with the final quarter tied to a dotted quarter in the next measure, followed by three eighth notes. 1 2+ 3-e-e- + 3 + This piece is absolutely too hard for a level 4 piece.
ALONG THE SHORE
by William Owens
Key - Eb
Time - 4/4
Starts with Flute, Clarinet, and Trumpet in measure 1, most other voices start in measure 2. First section starts with upper voice melody, quarter-quarter-dotted quarter-eighth (1 2 3ee AND), accompaniment part has dotted half - quarter note
Several places where parts enter on beat 2 after a quarter rest on beat 1. ESPECIALLY the trumpet parts.
Woodwind soli section with flutes starting on 3rd ledger line E flat. Ritardando into the fermata, appx. 3 measures prior to the cesura. Going into the fermata upper voices will have a whole note, lower voices have a half rest then half note, then a whole note fermata. Tubas have a Db right before the fermata. After the fermata the low brass start on beat 1, upper voices start on beat 4, then trumpets start on beat 2 of the next measure.
Dotted Quarter - eighth - quarter - two eight ( 1ee And 3 4 And) melodies in the faster section.
The d-flat happens in the euphs, tenor and bari sax, and bassoon. The final section has trumpets playing on beats one and 4, low brass will have melody. There are a few articulations (slurs) to be aware of and watch for. Students need to be very familiar with the E-flat pentascale. Sometimes it uses all five notes, occasionally it will omit one of the notes in the pentascale. Overall the piece is very playable, no real traps written. Stress dynamics in the beginning. Personal advice: Don't spend the first half of the time singing the piece, let the kids play it.
Begins Andante with lots of written dynamics. Tempo change to Allegro following a fermata and grand pause. Dflat concert accidental in Bassoon, Euph and tenor sax.
Percussion: Timpani, Bells, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Triangle,
Suspended Cymbal