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Raise the Roof
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General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 13:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Peer Music Ltd.
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental | Score Only - $29.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
Timpani Solo
Piccolo (doubles Flute)
Flute I-II-III-IV
Oboes I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II (I doubles Soprano Saxophone)
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb or C) I-II-III
Horns in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Piano
String Bass (2)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Bass Drum (large)
- Cabasa
- Claves
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Finger Cymbals (large)
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Metal Plate (ringing)
- Tambourine (small and medium)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Raise the Roof for Timpani and Symphonic Band was commissioned and premiered by the University of Michigan Symphony Band. The world premiere was performed by the University of Michigan Symphony Band, conducted by Michael Haithcock, with Andre Dowell, timpani, at the National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association, at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on March 30, 2007.
Raise the Roof is inspired by the construction of grand architectural wonders such as the Notre Dame Cathedral (1345) in Paris and the Empire State Building (1931) in New York City. I create a grand acoustic construction by bringing the timpani into the foreground and giving the timpanist the rare opportunity to play long expressive melodies, and a tour de force cadenza. I incorporate a wide variety of timpani performance techniques: extensive use of foot pedals for melodic tuning of the drums, placement of a cymbal upside down on the head of the lowest drum to play glissandi rolls, and striking the drums with regular mallets, wire brushes, maraca sticks and even bare hands.
Raise the Roof is in the form of a double variation. The first theme of the double variation, played initially by the tuba, is presented in various timbral and rhythmic guises such as "guaguanco". The second theme of the double variation, first heard in the flutes and then the timpani, is reminiscent of a medieval plainchant. The two themes are passed around in canons and fugues and other permutations throughout the ensemble to create elaborate patterns, as in a gothic cathedral. Raise the Roof rises toward a crescendo of urban polyrhythms and dynamic contrasts, allowing the timpani and the symphonic band to create a grand acoustic construction.
-Program Note by Michael Daugherty
Awards
- ABA/Ostwald Prize (2007)
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor, John Astaire, timpani) - 11 May 2013
- San Jose Wind Symphony (Edward C. Harris, conductor; Galen Lemmon, timpani) - 6 April 2013 (ACB’s 35th Annual Convention (San Ramon, Calif.))
- Ohio State University Wind Symphony (Russell C. Mikkelson, conductor) - 1 December 2009
- West Liberty University Wind Ensemble (Jay Ware, timpani; Matthew Inkster, conductor) - 19 November 2009
- West Chester University Wind Ensemble (Christopher Hanning, timpani; Andrew Yozviak, conductor) - 1 October 2009
Works for Winds by this Composer
- On the Air (2012)
- Asclepius (2007)
- Alligator Alley (2003)
- Bells for Stokowski (2002)
- Bizarro (1993)
- Brooklyn Bridge (2005) for Solo Clarinet and Symphonic Band
- Desi (1991)
- Ladder to the Moon (2005) for Solo Violin and Chamber Ensemble
- Lost Vegas (2011)
- Motown Metal (1994) - for large brass ensemble
- Niagara Falls (1997)
- Raise the Roof (2007) for Timpani and Symphonic Band
- Red Cape Tango from Metropolis Symphony (1993) (transcribed by Mark Spede 1998)
- Rosa Parks Boulevard (2001)
- Traps (1992) withdrawn
- UFO (2000) with Solo Percussion
Additional Resources
None discovered thus far.
