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"Sithenaecae" - Strong Oak

    This piece for Concert Band and Junior Band was commissioned for the Stevenage Jubilee Music Festival in 2002. The idea was to write a piece that had a link with Stevenage, so the first port of call was the town council website:

    "Later Saxon settlers lived at a safe distance from the Roman Great North Road, in a few huts around the area where St Nicholas parish church now stands. Their village was in a clearing in the woods and was called 'Sithenecae' or Strong Oak from which the name Stevenage was later taken. Other woodland settlements sprang up in the areas now known as Chells, Broadwater and Shephall."

    The piece combines the Saxon feel with the bustling new town of today. It was premiered at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage in June 2002.

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Concert Band parts approximately Grade 3/4 (American Band grading system) or Grade 5/6 Associated Board.

Junior Band parts approximately Grade 1/2 (American) or Grade 2/3 (Assoc.Board)

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