Reviewer: Krista M.

Reeder

REPERTOIRE EVALUATION FORM

Title: Aliens Landing (In Your Backyard)

Composer / Arranger: John Prescott

Publisher: Wingert-Jones Publications

Date of Publication: 2008

Price: $45 Band Set & Score; $4 Extra Score

Ensemble Type: Concert Band

Description/Genre: Young Band Literature

Duration: 2:30-3:00

Difculty: V. Easy ! Easy ! Mod. ! Diff. ! V. Diff. !

Score: Full Score ! Reduced Score ! / Transposed ! C-Score !

Instrumentation:
Picc ! Fl1 ! Fl2 ! Fl3 ! Alto Fl ! Bass Fl !
Ob1 ! Dbls Fl Ob2 ! EHn ! Bsn1 ! Bsn2 !
CBsn ! EbCl! Cl1 ! Cl2 ! Cl 3 ! Alto Cl !
Bass Cl ! CAltoCl ! CBCl ! SSax! ASax ! TSax !
BarSax ! BassSax !

Cor1 ! Cor2 ! Cor3 ! Trp1 ! Trp2 ! Trp3 !
Hn1 ! Hn2 ! Hn3 ! Hn4 ! Flg1 ! Flg2 !
Tbn1 ! Same as Bar. Tbn2 ! Tbn3 ! BTbn ! BarTC !
BarBC ! Euph1 ! Euph2 ! Tuba1 ! Tuba2 ! StBass !

Harp ! Celeste! Glock. ! Xylo ! Mar. ! Vibes !
Piano ! Synth ! Chimes ! Crotales ! Timp ! Bass Dr. !
Snare ! Toms ! CrCym ! SusCym ! Tam ! Tri. !
Other Perc: Sound Tubes are a MUST HAVE

Vln 1 ! Vln. 2 ! Vla. ! VCello ! CBass !

Unusual Instrumentation/Usage: SOUND TUBES

Other Considerations:
Highest Pitch Trumpet: E5 Highest Pitch Clarinet: G5

Clarinet Crosses Break?: Yes ! 1st Crosses No ! 2nd Does Not N/A !

Other Range Concerns: None

Technical Concerns: Trumpet: repetitive eighth note pattern on A4
Low Brass: melody in several places
Timpani: glissando rolls
D.C. al Coda

Articulations/Bowings: Slur
Accent

Meter(s): 4/4

Rhythmic Complexities: Snare plays a 1 & 2 & (3) &a 4 &
RESTS!
Syncopation

Key(s): G minor (A Sections & Coda)
F Major (B Section)

Harmonic Concerns: B Section writes in the accidental (natural or sharp)
and does not change key signature
M47-48 transition from B back to A and the
harmonies do not sound pretty

Primary Texture(s): Homophonic
Contrast - dark & cosmic; light & soaring

Featured Instrument(s)/Solo(s): Low Brass
Sound Tubes
Timpani
Solo/Soli Trumpet

Compositional Techniques: Sound Painting/Imagery/Imaginative


Form: D.C. al Fine (ABA Coda)
A: Like its own mini ABA; 4 bar phrases; Each a distinct quality
m1-4 - Rhythmic statement
m5-12 - Aliens Landing!!
m13-22 - Full band theme
m23-30 - Aliens Landing!!
m31-32 - Transition into B section
B: Like its own mini ABAB
m33-40 - Turns MAJOR!; much lighter; like the aircraft is soaring;
really an 8 bar phrase but with a 4-bar beginning and ending
m41-46 - Repeat of previous 8m but with trumpets;
m47-48 - Harmonic transition from FM to gm; funky chords
A: Repeat from beginning through m30
Coda: Similar to opening but in reverse order!
m49-52 - Aliens Landing!!!
m53-54 - Rhythmic Statement
m 55-end - Aliens Landing!! (and fading.)

Program Notes:
Ever wonder what it would sound like if Aliens landed in your backyard? The Junior High Bands nal
piece for tonights concert may be very close! You will be visualizing spaceships and strange creatures
within the rst moments. Soar through the skies with us as we perform Aliens Landing in Your
Backyard.

Similar Pieces (Title/Composer):
Alien Invasion - David Gorham - Wingert-Jones - VE - $45
Aliens Among Us (Theyre Here!) - David Gorham - Wingert-Jones - E - $45
It would appear Gorham wrote these pieces to accompany Aliens Landing. Without seeing the scores, I
imagine one could be perform the Invasion with a 5th grade, jointly between 5-6 for Among Us, and then
nish with Landing with 6th grade.

Additional Comments:
My kids, audience, and admins LOVED this piece!

What is at the heart of this piece? Trying new things
Music is FUN
Communicate an idea without words

I would play this piece with: Advanced 6th Grade
Junior High
Middle School

I would recommend this piece: Yes ! No !