Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1022931

Composed by John-William Gambrell. Contemporary. Octavo. 8 pages. John-William Gambrell #5723205. Published by John-William Gambrell (A0.1022931).

John-William Gambrell's One Glimpse was composed in late 2018. He wrote the poem while watching an inspirational sunset, shortly after his grandfather's passing and composed the music the following day. This piece was sung all over France during the Point Loma Singers 2019 European Tour and is featured on their CD under the same name.

Music & lyrics by: John-William Gambrell
Performed by: Point Loma Singers (Point Loma Nazarene University)
Director: Dr. Keith Pedersen 
 
~Poem~
I can see it
I can see the outline of your grace
the greatness of your beauty in the setting sky
The wide expanse of Your world
and I see;
blue, pink, gray, yellow, rose, and purple, and green
red, teal, indigo, citrine, white, and magenta, and gold
Light breaks and bends the clouds around all turn to You You give us times like these to show us You are here One glimpse of heaven and then it's gone one simple glimpse and then it's gone ©2018 John-William Gambrell

Special thanks to Dr. Keith Pedersen and the Point Loma Singers

Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1226101

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Ken Litton. Historic,Patriotic,Standards,Traditional. Score and Parts. 28 pages. Artist of Note, Inc. #822125. Published by Artist of Note, Inc. (A0.1226101).

TAPS  A Remembrance   
Bb Solo Trumpet, Narrator, Piano/Organ/Orchestra, optional SATB Choir  > 2:00
TAPS - A Remembrance is ideal for the kinds of brief but important Memorial Day and/or Independence Day observances so often called for in our time.
The poignant narration recalls the story of United States Army Sergeant Keith Clark playing the bugle call know today as Taps for the interment of President John F. Kennedy (November of 1963). As author William Manchester later wrote, “The 6th note of the 24 he played seemed like “a catch in your voice or a swiftly stifled sob� that the whole world heard, and that remains part of our national heritage.
The background arrangement (optionally with chorus) heightens the emotion of the story until both give way to a regulation trumpet solo version that includes the grace note error and fades at the end. The orchestration is done in a 4 Part + format that lends itself to optional performance by any section of the orchestra (originally for brass alone).
The choral octavo carries the complete narration (also see below) with accompaniment (playable by/adaptable to organ) and the solo trumpet part (all that’s really needed to perform the piece) along with permission to reproduce the octavo for optional choir/ensemble.
The choral writing involves divisi only at two easily sung cadence points.
And, it can be performed by just the brass and the narrator.
For those who may not know the story:
CBS News video of A Bugle Call Remembered Gathering 11/16/2013  [01:15]  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3u2qKWQ8io
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NARRATOR:  Since the mid 1800s the bugle call known today as Taps has heralded rest for the weary, as well as comfort and encouragement in times of deep personal and collective grief.*
* music begins
At about 3:00 p.m. on November 24th 1963, as the nation mourned the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States Army Sergeant Keith Clark raised his bugle at Arlington National Cemetery [† with thoughts of I Corinthians 15:51 in mind, “The trumpet shall sound�].
Clearly broadcast throughout the country and around the world, the 6th note of the 24 he played seemed like “a catch in your voice or a swiftly stifled sob� as author William Manchester put it. But, as another observer** noted: “Like the crack in the Liberty Bell, it remains part of our 
national heritage.�
(Taps solo Trumpet with intentional error at m.14 continues)
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†   Optional text
** Ed Hunter for www.TapsForever.com.