Raise the Roof (Concert Band Version)

Michael Daugherty

General Info

Year: 2003
Duration: 00:12:00
Difficulty: Advanced
Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Soloist

Timpani

Ensemble

Woodwinds

5 Flutes (Part 5 Doubling Piccolo)
2 Oboes
English Horn
4 Clarinets
Soprano Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
2 Bassoon
ContraBassoon
2 Alto Saxophones
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone

Brass

4 French Horns
3 Trumpets
3 Trombones
2 Euphoniums
2 Tubas

Percussion

Player 1: Xylophone & Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Glockenspiel & Finger Cymbals & Chimes & metal plate & Suspended Cymbal & Crash Cymbals
Player 5: Claves & Tambourine & Suspended Cymbals & metal plate
Player 6: Bass Drum & Tambourine & Cabasa

Keyboard

Piano

Strings

2 Double Basses

Program Notes

Raise the Roof (2007) 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, 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 plain chant. 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.

Premiere Detail

Date: March 30, 2007
Place: Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Event: National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association
Band: University of Michigan Symphony Band
Conductor: Michael Haithcock

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Mountain Paths – Marimba; Piano

Concerto

Dreamachine – Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Raise the Roof (Orchestra Version)
Raise the Roof (Concert Band Version)
UFO (Concert Band Version – Multiple Percussion; Band
UFO (Orchestra Version) – Multiple Percussion; Orchestra

Percussion Ensemble

Lex – Percussion Quartet; Violin; Synthesizer
Lounge Lizards - Percussion Duo; Piano (2)
Shaken, Not Stirred – Percussion Trio; Bass Guitar
Used Car Salesman – Percussion Quintet