Viva!: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

$85.00 USD

Viva!: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

Name: Viva!: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 98-B1700
Price: 85.00 USD
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By Jack Wilds

Grade: 3

Item: 98-B1700

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Experience a wild party in a border town along the Rio Grande! The music imagines a traveler emerging from the desert to join the festivities as the music continues to build to a raucous and invigorating conclusion. A fantastic closer and exceptional way to feature your percussionists!

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Series: FJH Concert Band

Publisher: The FJH Music Company, Inc.

UPC: 241444378670

SKU: 98-B1700

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About the Composer: Jack Wilds

Jack Wilds composes across an unusually broad spectrum of ensembles and ages, working with everyone from children's choirs to professional orchestras. His catalog draws heavily from visual art, literature, and philosophical texts alongside pure musical thinking, resulting in works that feel both intellectually grounded and immediately alive. He spent years as a public school band director before joining the faculty at Texas State University, where he teaches composition, theory, and technology courses.

Wilds' wind band works appear on festival required lists across multiple continents and have been performed at the Midwest Clinic and major educator conferences nationwide. His chamber music has reached ensembles including the Attacca Quartet, members of the New York Philharmonic, and the Atlanta Symphony. Beyond composing and teaching, he serves as Co-Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in San Marcos and maintains an active schedule as a clinician and adjudicator.

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Why we love this

Wilds crafts this piece as an unapologetic celebration, one that trusts a Grade 3 band to deliver genuine energy rather than manufactured cuteness. The percussion writing stands out as genuinely idiomatic; your players get meaningful independence and real spotlight moments rather than rhythm section filler. As a concert closer, it does what every director needs: it leaves the audience remembering joy.

What to expect

The music captures the moment a weary traveler stumbles into a border celebration and gets swept into its momentum. What begins as observation becomes participation; quieter, curious passages give way to infectious rhythmic energy and a conclusion that feels genuinely raucous and alive. The orchestration shimmers with regional color and forward motion.

Who it's for

Any concert band at Grade 3 level looking for an effective closer with substance beyond novelty value. Directors will appreciate the percussion writing; students will remember the joy of playing it.

How to get the most out of it

Let the percussion section own the opening texture. Their rhythmic foundation is the party itself, so lock them in first before layering the winds.
Shape the buildup deliberately rather than simply playing louder. Each section that enters should feel like a new arrival to the festivities.
Balance clarity in the melodic voices against the festive backdrop. The tune needs to cut through the orchestration or the payoff of that raucous conclusion falls flat.
Take time in rehearsal to hear how the border town setting lives in the orchestration. The musical colors shift as the traveler moves deeper into the celebration.

How to use it

Reserve this for your spring concert's final slot, where it can send the audience out energized rather than pensive. It pairs well with more introspective works earlier in the program, creating a satisfying arc from contemplation to celebration. The piece also serves festival and contest contexts where a strong final impression carries weight.

Skills your students will build

Balancing melodic independence against dense harmonic textures
Building and sustaining energy across a multi-sectional form
Reading syncopated rhythms in a celebratory context
Executing dynamic control across a wide range (soft curiosity to raucous conclusion)
Coordinating with percussion as equal partners in the ensemble texture