Snow Caps (Concert Band)

Commissioned by the 2004 Jefferson County Honor Band, Denver, CO, and drawing musical inspiration from the awe-inspiring surrounding mountain peaks, this major work from Richard Saucedo explores a wealth of colors and emotions possible with today's wind orchestra. At times sensitive and delicate with soloistic passages, and alternately incessantly rhythmic and powerful, this composition displays complete command of the idiom and a creative sense of harmony and form. The scoring includes an important part for piano as well as expanded parts for mallet percussion. (Grade 5)

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Music

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• Snow
• Caps
• Richard
• Saucedo
• Hal
• Leonard
• Concert
• Band

[ExMxO59002]

@KB19001 FTW!!!!!!!

[fluteNerd12]

playing this piece at my high school wind symphony :D i love it

[TheOfficialClayton]

@Peutaiite Hmm I beg to differ! It is an excellent song, the time signatures are out of wack though so we changed those to fit my conductors style, which helped a huge deal. My band loves it and agrees it is very hard. I do admit though after working on the song maybe 5 hours a week for a month there are parts that are challenging but worked through sound really cool!

[Peutaiite]

@TheOfficialClayton I played piano for this piece last year. It was so stressful!

All in all our band didn't like it. There is no feeling, it's like it was written just to be a band piece.

[TheOfficialClayton]

I am playing the piano for this.. holy cow! x)

[Abunchanada]

the comic sans font used is very irritating tho, and is an unprofessional descriptive aesthetic presentation of this composer!

Plus the trumpet part is BOSS

[rileyj45]

im playin this, imma tuba love this song

[KB19001]

OBOE OBOE OBOE!!!!!

[Mewstor151]

Richard Saucedo ftw.

[Lolas1294]

omg, amazing piece..i want to play this the clarinet part sounds intense..and i LOVE it:)