KOS CONCERT BAND GRADE ½ $900 RYAN NOWLIN SA M L E Godseed, ohn Glenn Neil A Kos Music Comany San Diego, Caliornia
Aout the Comoser Ryan Nolin, a native o Cleveland, Ohio, holds oth his Bachelor o Music and Master o Music degrees rom Boling Green State University (Ohio) He has taught or ten years at the eginning, middle school, high school, and college levels including ind ensemle, azz ensemle, and marching and direction Mr Nolin as an instructor o conducting and and scoring at BGSU and as recently recognized as one o the university s Accomlished Graduates Mr Nolin is an active comoser and arranger, and has co-authored ith noted author, comoser, and educator Bruce earson the Tradition o Excellence Comrehensive Band Method, the textook Teaching Band ith Excellence, and the Excellence in Theory music theory, history, and ear training orkooks In 00, Mr Nolin oined The resident s On United States Marine Band, here he currently serves as Assistant Director Works resented y this ulisher have een reared y Ryan Nolin in an unoicial caacity and neither The resident s On United States Marine Band, the US Marine Cors nor any other comonent o the Deartment o Deense or the US Government have endorsed this material Aout the Comosition rom his humle irth in Camridge, Ohio to his inal resting lace in Arlington National Cemetery, ohn Herschel Glenn, r led a lie almost too antastic to elieve Any one o his accomlishments ould e admirale on its on; taken together they outline a truly excetional story Among his many achievements: As a young man, Glenn served as a distinguished 5ighter ilot in the United States Marine Cors in World War II and Korea In 957, he made the 5irst suersonic transcontinental 5light across the United States, here he took the 5irst continuous anoramic hotograh o the country He as one o the elite Mercury Seven, military test ilots selected y NASA as the 5irst United States astronauts On eruary 0, 9, 5lying riendshi 7, he ecame the 5irst American to orit the Earth In 97, he as elected to the United States Senate, here he served or years In 999, he oined the cre o the sace shuttle Discovery, ecoming the oldest erson to 5ly in sace And through it all, his sel5less and dedicated service, loyalty, and commitment to his amily, his aith, and his country insired, and continue to insire, Americans rom every alk o lie ohn Glenn, r as raised in the small ton o Ne Concord in southeastern Ohio y his ather ohn, a lumer, and his mother, Clara, a teacher My arents legacy as honest hard ork, seat and dirt, eort and gras o oortunity, Glenn recalled in his memoir They elieved in themselves and in their country, and they had aith in God It as in Ne Concord here these oundational values ere instilled and cemented, keeing ohn s eet on the ground as he roke arriers in the sky In Ne Concord, too, ohn met the love o his lie: Annie Castor The Glenns and Castors ere neighors and riends ho requently sent time together As toddlers, Annie and ohn oten shared a layen The to ecame high school seethearts ho ent on to e married or seventy-three years, a union that served as an insiration to many and as the center o Glenn s lie Annie ecame an accomlished musician ho maored in the suect at Muskingum University in Ne Concord, here ohn studied engineering Her talents emraced not only tromone, hich she continued to lay in the college and and college symhony, and the iano, ut the ie organ as ell Glenn stated While driving to meet Annie at her organ recital on Sunday, Decemer 7, 9, Glenn heard o aan s attack on earl Haror on the radio: I ket the nes to mysel hile Annie as laying I tried to kee my mind on her recital She as erorming music rom inlandia, y ean Sielius I loved the iece The music rises in tumult, and then recedes to the quiet o a astoral section that is the music or the stately hymn Be Still My Soul As a message, it could not have een more aroriate In the eauty o her laying, I as agitated as I thought ahead to
hat I had to do Ater the recital, Annie recognized the anxiety in ohn s ace, and together they decided he ould leave the university and enlist in the armed orces as a ilot, thus setting his lie on its extraordinary traectory that attemts to emody the essence o his sirit This anthem serves as the rimary melodic material through various keys and triumhant treatments climaxing in a quote o the hymn Be Still My Soul It is not idely knon that ohn Glenn as also a musician ho rememered sounding Tas on the trumet in echo ith his ather, himsel a veteran o the World War I, at the local cemetery in his youth These exeriences connected Glenn s areciation o music ith his years o service to country and ello man In a triute to these exeriences in his early lie, The resident s On United States Marine Band sounded Tas in echo hen Glenn as interred ith ull honors on Aril, 07 at Arlington National Cemetery In this comosition, Godseed, ohn Glenn, the comoser dras on all asects o Glenn s lie The iece is not rogrammatic in nature, ut is instead an imression o the many comlex acets o his makeu While there are cinematic moments relecting the adventure o Glenn s lie, the iece remains grounded in his humility; artnershi ith his ie; and steadast love and commitment to his amily, his country, and his aith The iece egins very distantly ith an extensive trumet solo This solo is taken u y the tromone and layed in echo rie5ly y the trumet until the to voices 5ind each other The music continues into a layul modal section reminiscent o Glenn s small ton roots and ascination ith 5light ust ater lit-o, the iece dissolves into a reverent anthem While in training as one o the country s 5irst astronauts, ohn Glenn as suect to many trials, tests, and exeriments in an attemt to learn humans hysiological and sychological resonses to the unknon rigors o sace 5light Among these ordeals as comlete isolation or an extended eriod o time Alone in a room ith no light, no sound, and no means o communication, nearing hat must have een its end, Glenn decided the est exercise to ass the time and kee mentally engaged as to rite oetry In comlete isolation, he had to memorize each line eore continuing The olloing is the 5irst and last o seven verses Glenn comosed at this time Uon reading these lines, one thought comes to mind: Mission accomlished To mankind s every roadening store O knoledge, each must give His on eculiar talents, so that all May etter live Then use all your inorn talents, Use them each and every day Add to mankind s store o knoledge, Make them glad you assed this ay
Instrumentation List iccolo st lute nd lute st Ooe nd Ooe st B Clarinet nd B Clarinet rd B Clarinet B Bass Clarinet E Contralto Clarinet st Bassoon nd Bassoon st E Alto Saxohone nd E Alto Saxohone B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone st B Trumet nd B Trumet rd B Trumet st Horn nd Horn rd Horn th Horn st Tromone nd Tromone Bass Tromone Euhonium Euhonium TC Timani ( drums) ercussion I: Chimes, Glockensiel ercussion II: Virahone, Xylohone ercussion III: Marima ercussion IV: Tam-tam, Susended Cymal, Tamourine, Triangle, Tom-tom ercussion V: Snare Drum, Crash Cymals, Triangle ercussion VI: Bass Drum ull Conductor Score Aroximate erormance time :0 Additional scores and arts are availale To hear a recording o this iece or any other ulication, lease visit koscom
ull Conductor Score Commissioned y Muskingum University, Ne Concord, Ohio, in memory o alumnus, trustee, astronaut, and United States Senator ohn H Glenn, r (9 0), and remiered y the Muskingum Wind Ensemle, David A Turrill, conductor, Aril 0 Arox erormance time :0 Lontano (q ca 0) iccolo lutes Ooes B Clarinets B Bass Clarinet E Contralto Clarinet Bassoons E Alto Saxohones B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone B Trumets Horns Tromones Bass Tromone Euhonium Timani () ercussion I: Chimes Glockensiel ercussion II: Virahone Xylohone ercussion III: Marima ercussion IV: Tam-tam, Susended Cymal, Tamourine, Triangle, Tom ercussion V: Snare Drum, Triangle, Crash Cymals ercussion VI: Bass Drum OI Lontano (q ca 0) Lontano (q ca 0) Tam-tam / rushes sirl quickly Godseed, ohn Glenn E, A, B, C snare drum stir ith rushes Chimes I i Solo O / sot mlts O 5 O O 7 O I i 0 Kos Music ress, utland Drive, San Diego, Caliornia, 97 International coyright secured All rights reserved rinted in the U S A Warning! The contents o this ulication are rotected y coyright la To coy or reroduce them y any method is an inringement o the coyright la Anyone ho reroduces coyrighted matter is suect to sustantial enalties and assessments or each inringement O 9 Ryan Nolin (ASCA) O 0
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Chimes I i I i T-tam O O O ass drum (/ sot mlts) O O I 5 O O 7
7 icc [9] ls - - B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Chimes [9] [9] I a - a - - - - I I i - - T-tam / trgl trs I I 9 0 I 5
icc ls [7] B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Chimes T-tam [7] [7] Marima very sot mlts scrae / trgl tr I div Oi (scrae / trgl tr) - - - Section - - - - - - - - - 7 9 0
9 icc [5] ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Solo [5] [5] Solo (echo tromone) - - (ith tromone) (ith trumet) Harmon Mute Harmon Mute I div div div T-tam Tam-tam / rushes sirl quickly O I (stir / rushes) long scrae / trgl tr OI 5 7 9 0
0 icc ls [] Solo Solo oco rit n n n n n n n n n n B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim [] [] E to E n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n oco rit n oco rit n n n n start grace notes on the eat i n n n n Tam 5 7 9 50 5
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh [5] Lively (q ca ) [5] Lively (q ca ) unis div unis [5] [5] Tim [5] Lively (q ca ) [5] Xyl Tam very dry / med mlts 5 5 5 55 5 57 5
icc ls [5] B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim div Str Mute Str Mute Tutti Str Mute Mute Mute [5] unis [5] Xyl Tam 59 Xylohone Tam 0 / sticks 5
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Xyl [9] [9] n n [9] div unis Oen Oen Tam 7 9 70 7 7
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Oen Oen n - - n Oen n unis n n n Tim n Tam lightly 7 7 75 7 77
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim 7 n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n O 79 n n n n n n n n n n O n 0 [] [] [] Oi 5
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Tri C Cyms dim dim dim dim dim dim dim dim dim dim dim dim dim dim I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tri ± Oi C Cyms 5 I ± ß ± 7
7 icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Tri Tri - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ± ± ± ± ± 9 90 9 9 9
Tri B Tts Hns Euh Tim Tri ls B Cls icc 9 95 - - - 9 97 9 - - - - 99 - - - - ± ± 00 ± 0 ± 0
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Chimes [0] Hal time (q ca ) [0] Hal time (q ca ) n n [0] Hal time (q ca ) Chimes Cu Mute Cu Mute Cu Mute n I i E to, C to D 9 Tri ± Tri 0 0 05 0 07 0 09 0
0 icc oco rit [] Reverently (q ca 7) ls B Cls B Tts Hns oco rit [] Reverently (q ca 7) - - - - - Euh Tim oco rit [] Reverently (q ca 7) div Tri ± Tri O i 5 7
icc ls [9] rit - R a temo n B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim [9] [9] - rit rit a temo a temo 9 0 5
icc ls rit U U U [9] a temo oco rit B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Solo Str Mute U U U U U U U U U U U U rit U U U U U U U U U U rit U U U U - - - [9] a temo - [9] a temo - - - - - - - - - Oen - Oen - Oen Section n Solo n n n oco rit Oen oco rit U U U 7 9 0
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim a temo a temo a temo Solo oco accel [9] oco iù mosso (q ca ) - - - - - - oco accel [9] oco iù mosso (q ca ) oco accel [9] oco iù mosso (q ca ) - Tutti - - - - - - Tutti O i 5 7 (sot mlts) 9 0
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim n - - - - - - - - - - - n n n O (no cresc) O oco accel oco accel - - - oco accel (sot mlts) O - - - - O - 5 7
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim [9] Slightly aster (q ca ) - - - - - [9] Slightly aster (q ca ) [9] Slightly aster (q ca ) i Oi - - - - 5 I 9 50 5
icc ls B Cls B Tts Euh Tim Hns - - - - - - 5 i 5 rit n n rit n n n rit 5
icc ls [55] Relectively (q ca ) Solo - Solo - - [0] Siritedly (q ca ) 7 B Cls B Tts Hns Euh [55] Relectively (q ca ) [0] Siritedly (q ca ) Tim O [55] Relectively (q ca ) scrae / trgl tr [0] Siritedly (q ca ) Marima (med mlts) 55 5 57 5 59 0
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tutti [] [] Tim [] snare drum / sticks 5 7 9 70 7
icc ls [75] n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n 9 n n n B Cls n n n B Tts Euh Tim Hns Í Í Í Í Í Í Í Í n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n [75] n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n div n n n n n n n n n n n n [75] D to E unis - - - - - - - - - - - - n n n n 7 ß 7 7 n n n n i I 75 7 77 i 7
0 icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Í Í Í Í Í div Í Í n cresc Í cresc cresc cresc cresc Í cresc cresc unis cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc Í cresc Í cresc n n n n n n n n n div n n n n n n n n n n n n 79 0 ß O / mlts cresc O cresc O 5 O
icc ls B Cls B Tts Euh Tim Hns [7] [7] div [7] O 7 9 90 ç ç ç ç ç ç ç ç ç ç ç 9 9 9 unis 9
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim [95] [95] [95] Tom 95 tom drum (/ sot mts) 9 97 9 99 00 @ @ 0
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim I damen damen Tom r @ @ O damen damen 0 0 0 05 0 07 damen 0
icc ls [09] B Cls B Tts Hns Euh [09] Solo cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc Tim [09] i 09 0 5 7
5 icc ls [5] B Cls B Tts Euh Tim Hns O O [5] [5] i 9 0 I 5 7
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim - - - - - - Tutti [7] [7] [7] 9 0 5 7
7 icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim div unis div - - - - - cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc - - - cresc cresc cresc - - - - cresc - - - cresc - - - cresc - - cresc - - - cresc - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 0 5 O 7
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Chimes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß Chimes [5] cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc [5] cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc [5] cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc unis O damen 9 ß 50 5 5 cresc cresc 5 5 55 5
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Chimes cresc cresc O Tam-tam cresc 57 O 5 O 59 div O @ 0 [] [] unis [] to E, E to D I I I I 9
0 icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Chimes T-tam I 5
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Chimes T-tam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O div i div [9] n n n unis [9] [9] n n n n n 7 I ç 9 70 7
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim Chimes n n n n n n n n n unis n ß ß ß n ß ß ß n n n n n n n n n n n n Tam-tam O O 7 7 7 75 7
icc ls B Cls B Tts Euh Tim T-tam Tri Hns [77] (q=q) [77] (q=q) div n n n [77] (q=q) D to C I Tri ± ± I I 77 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ± I ß 79 ± 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ± I
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - unis - - - - div Tim T-tam Tri ± ± ± ± ± I 5
icc ls B Cls [7] - - - - - - 5 oco rit - - - B Tts Hns Euh Tim Tri [7] [7] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - unis I i (/ sticks) i ±i C to E oco rit oco rit 7 9 90 9 9 9
icc ls B Cls B Tts Hns Euh Tim [9] Lontano (q ca ) [9] Lontano (q ca ) [9] Lontano (q ca ) Chimes Solo I i I i Solo Harmon Mute i Tri O / mlts i 9 95 9 97 9 99 00 0 0
icc ls B Cls B Tts Euh Tim Chimes Hns [0] [0] [0] ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ Harmon Mute Harmon Mute Harmon Mute div Tutti div ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ i I motor on i I rit al ine Solo rit al ine rit al ine damen i i I 7 Tam-tam / rushes sirl quickly O I Tri 0 0 05 0 07 0 09 0
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