Reviewer: Krista M.

Reeder

REPERTOIRE EVALUATION FORM

Title: Hennepin County Dawn (Shrouds of Snow)
Mvt. 1 - Minnesota Portraits

Composer / Arranger: Samuel R. Hazo

Publisher: MusicWorks - Hal Leonard

Date of Publication: 2008

Price: $65 Band Set & Score; $7.50 Extra Score
$195 Complete Suite (Sets & Scores)

Ensemble Type: Concert Band

Description/Genre: Contemporary; Tone Poem

Duration: 4:00

Difculty: V. Easy ! Easy ! Mod. ! Diff. ! V. Diff. !

Score: Full Score ! Reduced Score ! / Transposed ! C-Score !

Instrumentation:
Picc ! Fl1 ! Fl2 ! Fl3 ! Alto Fl ! Bass Fl !
Ob1 ! Ob2 ! EHn ! Bsn1 ! Bsn2 ! CBsn !
EbCl! Cl1 ! Cl2 ! Cl 3 ! Alto Cl ! Bass Cl !
CAltoCl ! CBCl ! SSax! ASax1 ! ASax2 ! TSax !
BarSax ! BassSax !

Cor1 ! Cor2 ! Cor3 ! Trp1 ! Trp2 ! Trp3 !
Hn1 ! Hn2 ! Hn3 ! Hn4 ! Flg1 ! Flg2 !
Tbn1 ! Tbn2 ! Tbn3 ! BTbn ! BarTC ! BarBC !
Euph1 ! Euph2 ! Tuba1 ! Tuba2 ! StBass !

Harp ! Celeste! Glock. ! Xylo ! Mar. ! Vibes !
Piano ! Synth ! Chimes ! Crotales ! Timp ! Bass Dr. !
Snare ! Toms ! CrCym ! SusCym ! Tam ! Tri. !
Tam-Tam !

Unusual Instrumentation/Usage: Harp

Other Considerations:
Highest Pitch Trumpet: A5 Highest Pitch Clarinet: A5

Clarinet Crosses Break?: Yes ! No ! N/A !
3rd part does not cross until a B4 eight measures from end

Other Range Concerns: No

Technical Concerns: Sustained chords
Entrances on off beats
Arpeggiated chords in reeds

Articulations/Bowings: Mostly slurred & very connected playing

Meter(s): 3/4 - 4/4

Rhythmic Complexities: Arpeggiated lines between chimes and bells
Entrances on off beats
Holding full values

Key(s): C Dorian - EbM/Cm - C Dorian - FM/Dm - D Dorian

Harmonic Concerns:

Primary Texture(s): Chordal - Polyphonic - Ethereal
Some homophony/monody

Featured Instrument(s)/Solo(s):Oboe
Alto Sax
Woodwind-heavy

Compositional Techniques: Imagery
Suspensions

Form: ABABA

Program Notes:
Imagine a fresh snowfall, with trees shrouded, and the sun rising slowly above them. I do not know if
there is another image that possesses the extremes of fragility and grandeur as much as a fresh snowfall on
tress, lit indirectly by a rising sun. (Hazo program notes) Hennepin County Dawn captures this
picturesque moment in beautiful and glorious sound.

Similar Pieces (Title/Composer): Almost everything Hazo
Snow Globe - Robert Sheldon

Additional Comments:

What is at the heart of this piece?
I believe the heart of this piece is living in a moment. The freshly fallen snow clinging and crystalizing on
a tree branch is eeting such as our life. Moments come and go in a ash - some bring beauty, some pain;
but this piece gives us an opportunity to simply pause, close our eyes, imagine, and soak in a moment.

I would play this piece with: High School Band/Honor Band
Collegiate Band

I would recommend this piece: Yes ! No !