Concert Band Alto Saxophone,Bass Clarinet,Bassoon,Drum Set,Flute,Horn,Oboe,Piano and Keyboard,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Interactive Download

SKU: A0.509074

Composed by J. Randolph Hall. This edition: Interactive Download. Classical,Holiday,Standards,World. Score and parts. 40 pages. Duration 158. Published by J. Randolph Hall (A0.509074).

Twenty years ago, an evil terrorist act was committed. The twin Towers in New York were destroyed by planes. The Pentagon was attacked. A fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. Feelings of shock, grief, horror, confusion, and anger followed in the wake of this senseless destruction. Fire fighters, police, and members of our Armed Services stepped up with great resolve to act as heroes in response to the attacks. Section A begins with the hum of airplanes followed by the for attacks. Section B expresses the various emotions people felt that day. After this section vents a feeling of national rage, it changes to a feeling of militaristic resolve as our troops go off to fight those responsible for the attacks. Section C borrows an American tune from the Civil War and WW1. Every heart is in the fight for the cause of truth and right, And the freedom of our own beloved land. Many people may know it as Jesus loves the little children. The parts not marked in red are meant to be sung in unison. In measure 45, the flutes and oboes play a decant over the melody. Three measures from the end, the band lands on a deceptive cadence followed by the rest of the measures going to the tonic.

By Committed. By J. Rosamond Johnson, James Weldon Johnson. Arranged by Garrett Breeze, Roberto Burton. Contest, Festival, Folk, Holiday, Patriotic, Traditional. Score and parts. 63 pages. Lagom Music #681830. Published by Lagom Music

Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1411069

Composed by Keiron Anderson. Classical,Contemporary. 124 pages. Songburd Music #993415. Published by Songburd Music (A0.1411069).

Keiron Anderson brings us music for the moment, and perhaps no other moment yet in the 21st Century has revealed the vulnerable nature of humanity, and the interconnectedness of our world more than the COVID-19 pandemic, officially announced on March 11, 2020 by the World Health Organization. 
 
The True Heroes is a piece that tells a part of the dramatic story of the struggles, heartaches and triumphs of the world’s medical professionals, and all who were a part of the health care industry to whom this piece is dedicated.  Using a dissonance in the chords, structured upon two perfect fifths a semi-tone apart, Anderson opens the story with suddenness and a pushed tempo that conveys an urgency and anxiety about the growing pandemic, and depicts how the health care workers are not people with super-powers, but rather individuals who are committed to self-sacrifice in using their skills to save the lives of others.
 
The crisis is not over as we reach the middle of the piece where the tempo slows to a more thoughtful pace, allowing the health care worker (and the listener) a moment to rest, to reflect and to meditate, and to give enough time for the emotions to mend and energy to rebuild while the pandemic rages on around them.  Then the music once again resumes its original pace with growing fanfare for the health care worker and their resilience in the face of a momentous task, leading to a more dramatic and triumphal sound and force to conclude the piece.

Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.723545

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Steve Winstead. Contemporary,Folk,Holiday,Patriotic,Spiritual. Score and parts. 38 pages. Sigma Squared Music #3006777. Published by Sigma Squared Music (A0.723545).

This beautiful arrangement of Amazing Grace, written by a former Army bandsman and Iraq war veteran, is dedicated to a comrade who committed suicide shortly after returning home from deployment. This contemporary setting is intensely emotional, and includes a sounding of Taps, making it ideal for Memorial Day, or any type of remembrance ceremony.