10100327 Grade 5 LAUDS (PRAISE HIGH DAY) FOR SYMPHONIC BAND RON NELSON Instrumentation 1 Pall Score 1 BP'Tenor Saxophone Vibraphone, Crotales, 1 CPiccolo 4 Bb Trumpet 1,2 Xylophone 5 Flute 1,2 4 Be Trumpet 3, 4 3 Percussion I: Cymbals, 3 Flute 3 2 FHom 1,2 Suspended Cymbals, Snare 2 Oboe 2 FHom 3,4 Drum, Tenor Drum, 3 Bb Clarinet 1 2 Trombone 1, 2 “Timbalitos (high bongos 3 Bb Clariner 2 2 Bass Trombone ‘may be substivuted) 4 BP Clarinet 3 2 Baritone B.C. Bell Tree, 4 Bongos, 1 BP Bass Clarinet 4-Tubas Timbales, Gong, Bass 2 Bassoon 1, 2 1 String Bass Deum (with cymbal 1 BP Alto Saxophone 1 1 Timpani actached), Maracas 1 Bb Alto Saxophone 2 1 Glockenspiel, Crotales 1 Piano 1 Bb Baritone Saxophone 1 Percussion T: Marimba, 1 Synthesizer (403 West Rogers Circle * Boca Raton, FL. 33487Commisioned by the Unired Stater Air Force Band 20 rapport the morale and welfare oftheir dependents worldwide ABOUT THE COMPOSER Ron Nelson, a native of Joliet, Illinois, received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1952, Master’s degree in 1953, and Doctor of Music Arts de- gree in 1956 from the Eastman School of Mu- sic at the University of Rochester. He studied in France at the Ecole Normale de Musique and the Paris Conservatory under a Fulbright Grant in 1955. Dr. Nelson joined the Brown University faculty the following year as an assistant professor in 1960, and full professor in 1968. He served as Chairman of the Department of Music from 1963 to 1973, and was named professor emeri- tus in 1993. In 1991 he was awarded the Acuff Chair of Excellence in the Creative Arts—the first musician to hold the chait. He has gained wide recognition as a composer of choral, band and orchestral works, Dr. Nelson has received commissions from the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the United States Air Force Band and Chorus, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, and numerous choral organizations, colleges and universities, in- cluding the University of Minnesota, Dartmouth, Western Michigan and Lawrence, as well as the Classic Chorale Brevard Music Center and Aspen Music Festival. He has also received grants and awards from the Howard Foundation, ASCAP, Brown University, and several from the National Endowment for the Arts. Dr. Nelson is the dis- tinguished winner of the 1993 ABA/Ostwald, the NBA Composition Contest, and the Sudler In- ternational Wind Band Composition Competi- tion (The John Philip Sousa Foundation), for his work Passacaghia (Homage on B-A-C-H). PROGRAM NOTES Lauds (Praise High Day) is an exhuberant, under the direction of Lt. Col. Alan L. Bonner at colorful work intended to express feelings of the College Band Directors National Association/ praise and glorification. “Lauds” is one of the National Band Association Conference in seven canonical hours. Lauds received its world Charlotte, North Carolina, on January 24,1992. premier by the United States Air Force Band PERFORMANCE SUGGESTIONS Lauds will be most effective if one pays close at- tor should insist that they be strictly observed. tention to tempos, phrasing, and dynamics. Ar- Above all, itis important to maintain the joyful ticulations are carefully marked, and the conduc-chiracter throughout.Syston + Hen Bong may be sented © Copyright (Preise High Day) 25.5 “ES ay 1992 by Ludvig Music Publishing Co.