Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: A0.881228 Composed by Gary Powell Nash. Contemporary. Score and parts. 119 pages. Gary Powell Nash #33509. Published by Gary Powell Nash (A0.881228). Back to School 2015 African Diaspora Suite is a four movement work for grade 1.5-2 band, based on and inspired by West African folk music. Movement 1, Fanfare and Dance is a fast tempo, quadruple meter with highly syncopated rhythms and melodies. Movement 2, Lullaby is a SLOW tempo, triple meter movement. Movement 3, Reggaeland is in a fast duple meter, with melodies, harmonies and rhythms that allude to reggae music and the only minor mode movement. Movement 4, Swan Dance is in compound duple meter with several cross rhythms also prominent in West African folk music.
