Solas AneSamuel Hazo

Presentation By: Elizabeth Castro

Samuel Hazo

• Has composed for professional, public, and

university levels

• Writes original scores for television, radio, and stage

• In 2003, became the first composer to be awarded

the winner of both composition contests sponsored

by the National Band Association

• In 2004, his compositions were listed in a public

national survey of the “Top Twenty Compositions of

All Time” for wind band

• Resides in Pittsburgh, PA

Solas Ane (YesterdaY’s Dream)

• Celtic colors, with a bittersweet musical

feel

• Celtic percussion holds the beat

• Wistful, solitary voices

• Piccolo pick-up into the main melody

• Piccolo solo with bass clarinet for 4

measures

• Solo continues; addition of oboe with

counter melody and flute for 4 measures

(¾,4/4, ¾ ¾)

• French horns layer in with chords in the

background; focus still on solos for 3

measures

• ¾,4/4, ¾ meter

• Low winds sustaining chords

• Trumpets holding melody for 4 measures

• Slight crescendo

• Tapered release

• Back to solo with oboe, flute, and piccolo

for 4 measures

• Piccolo and oboe solo

• Upper woodwinds

• Trombone buildup

• Melody in woodwinds

• Crescendo into chord (brass)

• Chord in winds

• Celtic percussion for two measures

• French horn solo

• Flute and oboe duet

• 3 measures

• Suspended cymbals buildup

• Melody in trumpets and piccolo

• Counter melody in low winds

• Oboe counter melody solo

• 8 measures

• Ritard into chord

• B section

• Percussion instruments

• Celtic dance feel

• Counter melody in upper woodwinds

• Melody in French horns

• Just winds

• Moving chords in low winds

• Melody in upper woodwinds

• Suspended cymbals in percussion

• Re-entrance of percussion

• 12 measures

• Chords in trumpets and flutes

• Processional feel

• Ritard down into main melody

• Return to A section

• Melody in trumpets and piccolo

• Counter melody in low winds

• Oboe counter melody solo

• 8 measures

• Ritard into chord

• Oboe solo

• Flute solo

• French horn solo

• Movement in wood winds

• Tapering off

• Sustained chord in low winds