Marcia à Montecelio

Written in the Italian style - with a pinch of Sousa, Marcia à Montecelio was composed on pure inspiration in just two days. This concert march will excite your audience and challenge your ensemble.

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Level: 5 | Duration: 4:30

Instrumentation
Piccolo
1st Flute
2nd Flute
1st Oboe
2nd Oboe*
Eb Clarinet*
1st Bb Clarinet
2nd Bb Clarinet
3rd Bb Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
1st Bassoon
2nd Bassoon*
1st Eb Alto Saxophone
2nd Eb Alto Saxophone
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone*

1st Bb Cornet
2nd Bb Cornet
1st Bb Trumpet
2nd Bb Trumpet
1st F Horn
2nd F Horn
3rd F Horn
4th F Horn
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
3rd Trombone
Euphonium
(TC Baritone)
Tuba

String Bass

Glockenspiel
Cymbals/Side Drum/Bass Drum

Parts marked with an asterisk (*) are NOT ESSENTIAL, although their presence will obviously enable a fuller realization of the composer's intention to be achieved.

Program Notes
Monticello is the name of a little place northeast of Rome where my wife and I have rented a simple home for more than 20 years. We participated intensively in the cultural life of the community where there was also a little band, the Banda Municipale Cornicolana, which consisted of about 55 wind players, mostly youngsters.

One day, the "Il Direttore" came to me and asked if I would like to write a march for them, which I naturally did. It became the Marcia à Montecelio.

After 14 rehearsals, with everyone tired, perspiring and red in the face, we were forced to give up. The march was too difficult for them. I then wrote another, easier march for them to perform at the forthcoming feast of San Michaeli.

The Montecelio march was composed on pure inspiration in just two days. It is written in the Italian style - with a pinch of Sousa.