Things That Never Were
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General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 3:25
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned by the Eagan (Minn.) High School Wind Ensemble, Eagan High School Band Boosters, and Eagan High School Class of 2010 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Eagan High School, the work celebrates the vision of those who founded Eagan High School, the leadership of its first students, and the promise and potential of the current graduating class and those who will follow in the future.
The title comes from George Bernard Show (1856-1950), who wrote in his multi-volume epic Back to Methuselah: "You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'"
Senator Robert F. Kennedy frequently paraphrased the quote during his 1968 presidential campaign. After his assassination, his brother Edward referenced the same quote in his eulogy. It seems especially appropriate to use the words of an Irish playwright, popularized by a member of the preeminent Irish-American political dynasty, to honor the high school in Eagan, a city named for an Irish immigrant.
Community and educational leaders dreamed something that never was when they opened Eagan High School in 1989. There can be no doubt that the graduates of the twentieth-anniversary class of 2010 have big dreams too. We can only hope they say, "Why not?" and follow their dreams to a fulfilling future.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Department of Defense Educational Activity All-Europe Honor Band (Westerwald, Ger.) (Travis J. Cross, conductor) - 10 March 2023
- South Dakota All-State Lewis Band (Brookings) (Travis J. Cross, conductor) - 26 March 2022
- University of Colorado Boulder Concert Band (Matthew Dockendorf, conductor) – 21 October 2019
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Campus Band (Brent Echols, conductor) – 24 April 2019
- University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) Wind Ensemble (Travis J. Cross, conductor) – 25 May 2016
- Cave Spring High School (Roanoke, Va.) Band – 9 May 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alleluia (as arranger) (1997/2004)
- And the grass sings in the meadows (2011)
- Be Thou My Vision (as arranger) (1999)
- Dawning Day (2006)
- Elegy (2009)
- Everlasting Light (2008)
- The Further Adventures of the Cowboy Kid and His Trust Sidekick Carlos (2004)
- Le vent de tristesse (2002)
- Let the Amen Sound (2012)
- Looking at the Stars (2010)
- Lullaby (2013)
- Memento (2011)
- Mid-Iowa March (2016)
- Morning Song (2000)
- Music Aurea (2018)
- Rizzendo (2008)
- Short Essay (2003/2009)
- Things That Never Were (2010)
- Tribute (2007)
- Yesterdance (2016)