Brynnpark Productions
By use of this site, you acknowledge that you are over the age of 18 and not a performer in any groups that will be attending UIL Sightreading
2026 Key: Eb/Bb Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet , Alto Sax, Trumpet, Horn and Trombone have 1st/2nd parts. Everyone else unison Percussion: Snare, Bass, Crash Cym, Sus Cym, Triangle, Bells, Timpani
Level 4 SR brought to you by
2025 The Invincibles by JaRod Hall Key - Eb throughout; Time signature - 4/4 throughout; Tempo - Moderato opening to Allegro about 12-16 measures in About 50 measures long Starts with kinda awkward 1-measure fanfare in tpts/horns. Full band enters in m2 at forte, but drops to piano on count 3 with crescendo. SEVERAL instances of accidentals, mostly in low voices, A naturals, D flats, and G flat in euphonium. The base rhythm of the piece is Eighth Quarter Eighth syncopation, but the tricky part is that this rhythm occurs in different places of the measure-1&&34, 12&&4, 123&&; in DIFFERENT parts; often in rapid succession. EX: Melody-1&&34/Next measure percussion 12&&4/next measure lows 123&&. Melody often follows up syncopated rhythm with dotted 8th sixteenth quarter. Had to rehearse it to get them not to elongate rhythm to dotted quarter eighth Does the typical WW plays figure, Brass plays same figure about half way through. A couple of sections of growing sustained notes with whole notes on 1 and half attacks on 3. NEW - There are a ton of fp with a mf line on the next beat (ex. highs have a whole note fp on 1, lows enter on 2 mf with 2 3 - - & 1). One measure has a dotted eighth - sixteenth rhythm and a syncopated rhythm both happening on beat 1. There is not a ritardando, cesura, fermata, or measure of rest into the tempo change! Horns and saxes kick off the allegro at ff with 1 & & 3 4. 1. Maestoso- Dont go too slow. 2. Trumpets and Horns open up the piece on measure one. Everyone else comes in heavy in measure 2. 3. Tempo change to an allegro with NO fermata or railroad tracks. Would recommend doing beat 3 or 4 as a fermata to give tempo change. 4. Sax/clarinet at measure 10 with 8th quarter 8th quarter quarter leading into flute melody with tricky rhythm. (1& & 3 4,) 5. Flute Isolated Section in measure 13. 6. Would recommend working the transition many times. I did it like 7 times to solidify it. 7. Around measure 32 trumpets/flute/clarinet have the melody that flute have isolated. I would go there first. 8. A natural, Gb and Db in the low brass parts. 9. 2 flute parts, 2 clarinet, 2 alto, 2 trumpet, 2 trombone. Baritone part is not in unison with tbone. Tbone 1 goes up to a Eb. 10. There are like 7 percussion parts. Many aux instruments like tambourine. 11. Would recommend purchasing the the level 4 Chorale and March Percussion: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Tambourine, Triangle, Timpani, Bells..There was an issue in the percussion that had to be clarified with State office There are percussion instruments/parts that are not listed in the information released earlier. Snare drum does not match the score but that has been fixed according to information provided. Outside of UIL Criteria In the UIL Level IV percussion 1 part: the rhythm: two-sixteenths-eighth note pattern is used. This pattern is not in the criteria. Only eighth-two sixteenths is in the criteria. Discrepancies between the Score and parts UIL Level 3: OBOE: In measures 1, 2, 35, 41, and 42: the notes in the part are one octave below what is printed in the score. UIL LEVEL 4: TRUMPET 2: - In measures 16 - 17, the rhythm for these measures in the part do not match what is printed in the score. SNARE DRUM: In measure 31: In the snare part: instead of two eighth notes, there is eighth-two sixteenths. In measure 34, there is an eighth note in place of an eighth rest.
2024 Dunrobin Castle by Clifton Jones Key - F to Bb; Time - 3/4 to 4/4; Tempo - 1st section is Maestoso, 2nd section is Allegro Moderato, 3rd Section goes back to Maestoso. Opening section in 3/4. Dotted Quarter rhythms in brass and most woodwind. Flute and Clarinet 1 have 4 sixteenth into a trill on beat 2 of each measure. As you approach the first fermata, there are ties across the barline in select brass parts. Most other winds in unison dotted quarter 3 eighths m. 2 3 quarters Figure repeats a couple times There is a B natural accidental in tuba, horn, trumpet(?), alto sax About 12ish measures until fermata/caesura 2nd section is in 4. Middle section makes more sense than the tricky opening. Some strange chords and key signature notes in melody. Lots of Eb compared to the E naturals in the opening section. Lot of back and forth between tutti brass and tutti ww. Middle section is 2 distinct parts. Low brass takes over melody for the second half with trumpets and others playing "Rest 2+ 3-4). The last Maestoso section is similar to the opening, but no key change. Stays in Bb and remains in 4. Half tied to eighth instead of dotted quarter this time. More sixteenths in the flute and 1st clarinet. This piece has loads of places to get separated, lose track, or play "right notes" that sound wrong. Lots of traps in this one. There is a section where some notes don't fit the chord? Flutes and clarinets have 16th note trill passage in the opening section TC baritone does not match the BC baritone part during measures 38 - 45. The TC Baritone part doubles another instrument. MORE INFORMATION The trills happen in both the beginning Maestoso in F and the ending Maestoso in Bb and they’re the same pitches, so the trill note changes! Beginning they need to go from concert D to E nat. and the ending D to Eb…I had to show my flute kiddos the trill fingerings. TRILL INFORMATION!! C-D = 2nd trill key (closest to end joint) D-E = left 3rd finger Bb-C= thumb Bb key D-Eb= both trill keys The clarinet trills are all in the staff and can trill between the regular fingerings MORE INFORMATION 1. In the alto sax part there is a c-natural accidental tied across a bar line - students need to know the c-natural holds through the bar. 2. There are several concert e-flat to e-natural half-steps in the lower Reed voices. 3. There is a rhythm that will likely trip kids up. It's quarter-eighth-eighth-quarter, with the final quarter tied to a dotted quarter in the next measure, followed by three eighth notes. 1 2+ 3-e-e- + 3 + This piece is absolutely too hard for a level 4 piece.
2023 Along the Shore by William Owens Key - Eb throughout; Time - 4/4 throughout Starts with Flute, Clarinet, and Trumpet in measure 1, most other voices start in measure 2. First section starts with upper voice melody, quarter-quarter-dotted quarter-eighth (1 2 3ee AND), accompaniment part has dotted half - quarter note Several places where parts enter on beat 2 after a quarter rest on beat 1. ESPECIALLY the trumpet parts. Woodwind soli section with flutes starting on 3rd ledger line E flat. Ritardando into the fermata, appx. 3 measures prior to the cesura. Going into the fermata upper voices will have a whole note, lower voices have a half rest then half note, then a whole note fermata. Tubas have a Db right before the fermata. After the fermata the low brass start on beat 1, upper voices start on beat 4, then trumpets start on beat 2 of the next measure. Dotted Quarter - eighth - quarter - two eight ( 1ee And 3 4 And) melodies in the faster section. The d-flat happens in the euphs, tenor and bari sax, and bassoon. The final section has trumpets playing on beats one and 4, low brass will have melody. There are a few articulations (slurs) to be aware of and watch for. Students need to be very familiar with the E-flat pentascale. Sometimes it uses all five notes, occasionally it will omit one of the notes in the pentascale. Overall the piece is very playable, no real traps written. Stress dynamics in the beginning. Personal advice: Don't spend the first half of the time singing the piece, let the kids play it. Begins Andante with lots of written dynamics. Tempo change to Allegro following a fermata and grand pause. Dflat concert accidental in Bassoon, Euph and tenor sax. Percussion: Timpani, Bells, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Triangle, Suspended Cymbal
2022 Somerset by William Owens Key - Bb throughout; Time - 4/4 throughout. Andante from beg to m 19, then Allegro A/B format: A section is andante from beginning to measure 19 (m. 19 has fermata and grand pause). Side note: m. 18 will have E naturals in the low brass section. Watch out for those. B section is Allegro (do not take it too fast). This section should be played March style. This section has quite of few accidentals ( D flats/G flats). Overall, pretty playable. New information: Full band accidentals concert Gb and Db. Happens twice. Also Ab accidental occurs for several measures. Make sure band knows what simile means and follows it.
2021 Chalfield Manor by Clifton Jones Key: F to Bb Time Signature: 4/4 to 3/4 Style: Moderato to Allegro Only information obtained
2020 Key: Eb/Bb/Eb; Time Signature: Allegro then Moderato Fermata with cesura. Then Bb that moves straight to Eb then fermata with cesura. Accents scattered throughout the snare and brass parts. Accidentals throught, but no traps. In "Western Style". Extremely playable. 4/4 throughout – the Main melody is (1 2ta 3ta – ta) (quarter - dotted 8th 16th – 3ta – ta) --- (quarter quarter quarter) Allegro – Eb (don’t go to fast) (A natural concert at MS 11) Ends with (one two te 3- ) fermata railroad tracks Andante – Bb WW exposed (quarter eight eight quarter quarter) At the end of this section there is a 4 bar key change back to Eb. Comes out of nowhere. But sounds good over all. Make sure you go over this several times. Big trap that will trip people up. There is no waring it is coming it just happens (MS 30) – ms (38) Allegro – Eb – starts with percussion playing 8th notes and builds the band from the bottom up for 2 ms. Then the melody in the trumpet comes in. Songs ends on (one ta – ta 3) Very western fill – percussion not hard. Has Sus cym, tri, bas , sn, timp, bells Trumpets lead the way. Flutes and clar follow. Low brass has (1ta rest rest 4) (rest 2 3-) then (1 2- 4) (1 2 3-) More info: everybody plays the 1e+a, 2+ rhythm, including the tubas and low woodwinds. Opening & closing tempo is moderato. Middle is rubato. The phrase is spread between the voicings: 1e+a 2+ 1+ 2. Group 1 voicing is the 1st measure and needs to hand off to the 2nd group voicing in the 2nd measure. it's important to keep the phrasing even though it is juxtaposed.
2019 Tahoka Barndance by Gabriel Musella NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
2018 A Soldier's Heart by Brian Drake Key: F; Time Signature: 3/4 Flutes and clarinets by themselves first 8 measures. Two fermatas. Plenty of dotted quarter eighth rhythms. Percussion exposed after the second fermata. E naturals and A naturals throughout. Thin scoring, exposed & isolated entrances throughout. This is the main challenge of the piece. 1st trumpets have to go up to high F# and G Several instances of dotted quarter in one line against straight quarters in another "Heartbeat" motif of te 1 (rest) (rest) te 1 in bass drum & timpani Snare drum must maintain rhythmic integrity through ritardandos Very pretty; actually a good piece of music No accidentals that noticed
2017 Breaking the Chains by Brian Beck Key: Eb throughout, but switches to "keys of the moment" with accidentals Time Signature: 3/4 throughout Tempo: Moderato through, with Molto ritardando in last two measures. Quarter 8th 8th 8th 8th Quarter 8th 8th 8th 8th, with accents. Notes: Some Db accidentals, dotted quarter-eighth rhythms. 1unnnnn & Three -goes back and forth between Marcato and legato styles -Alto sax and flute take the lead in the legato section -Trumpets have a really tricky entrances and it looks funny but when played makes sense. There are several cases where the trumpets enter on beat 3 -Lots of back and forth between exposed WW and Exposed Trumpet / Brass -Starts marcato transitions into legato in the WW then back to Marcato with Accents BUT….. It’s not accents like they need to be stressed they are accents that are needed to be separated…. Example Quarter note Half note rhythm needs separation… -If you play it too fast you will not be able to get all the accidentals that are littered throughout this piece. They are everywhere… B natural in low brass, Gb in trombone, etc. -There are many ms in a row that have accidental after accidental then they place a (curtesy accidental) that could be confusing -Percussion is well written but has the potential to be rushed if not careful. Nothing hard in the percussion section of note. They just have to count their rests and entry at the right time. -I played it at a stately tempo … Slow is waaaaaaaay better than even a little fast The hardest rhythm is dotted quarter 8th quarter…. 1unnn & Over all this piece is super easy and will not be a problem if your kids can read.
2016 Craigcrook Castle by Clifton Jones Key: Bb/Eb; Tempo: Stately Notes: 8th-16th-16th rhythms. WWs have dotted quarter-eighth for 8 bars, then brass has same rhythm for 8 measures while low brass has melody. Concert Ab's leading to Fermata with caesura before key change to Eb. 3/4 in Eb section. Very straight forward and playable. More info: The eighth-sixteenth-sixteenth happens in the following rhythm, only at the beginning, and only in the Flute/CL/AltoSax Parts: 1-2-&-3-&-a-4 rhythm. Also, Trombone 1/Baritone has a minor (as in mode, not importance) response to the melody that is centered around g minor, going up to high Ds when they have the melody in the B-flat section. There are concert F-sharps written in saxophone and trumpet parts as you approach the fermata before the Eb-3/4 transition. E-flat section is very easy, however melody has a dotted quarter tied to an 8th, quarter, quarter rest, then another quarter pickup to the melody. Tripped up a few of my trumpet players. Low Brass has quarter rest-quarter-quarter rhythm after key/time change. Percussion has many rolls and flams throughout the piece.
2015 Appaloosa by William Owens Key: Eb/Bb/Eb; Tempo: Allegro/Andante/Allegro Time Signature: 4/4 throughout Notes: Dotted eighth sixteenth is hardest rhythm. 1 2 uh 3 and and (syncopated rhythm after the dotted 8th/16th Very minimal accidentals. Melody is usually flute, clar, trumpet together or low brass/low reed together. Very well written.
2014 Highclere Castle by Clifton Jones Key: Bb to start. March style. Most prevalent rhythm is 1 2&3 4. 1/3 of way through has 2 measure ritardando (4 quarter notes, whole) ending with fermata and cesura. Switch to Eb. Legato. Rhythm stays same. A-natural accidentals. 2/3 of way through has 2 measure ritardando (same as before), ending with fermata and cesura. Switch to 3/4. Waltz style. Melody has 1 2&3 rhythm. Accompaniment enters on 2 (half note). Ends on fermata.