Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.899870 Composed by Samuel Francis Smith, Katharine Bates & Samuel Ward. Arranged by Alexander L Burden. Folk,Patriotic. Score and parts. 9 pages. Alexander Burden #5359107. Published by Alexander Burden (A0.899870). Genre: Folk Songs, PatrioticLength: 3:35Instrumentation: Alto Saxophone and EuphoniumThis fun and accessible mashup includes three well known American folk songs: Yankee Doodle, America (My Country Tis of Thee), & America, the Beautiful. Great for any occasion, it's guaranteed to be a hit at your next performance! The Arranger:Alexander Burden is a Florida born, professional musician and music educator residing in Southwest Florida. There, he is the music teacher at Westside Elementary in Clewiston. Concurrent with his duties at Westside, he also teaches private and group instrumental music lessons and preforms regularly with various professional ensembles throughout Southwest Florida. Burden holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree with an instrumental concentration from the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. There he studied under world renowned saxophonist Mario Bernardo. He also holds an Associate of Arts degree with a Music Education and Saxophone Performance concentration from Eastern Florida State College where he was a student of James Bishop. During his time at the Bower School of music, he served as principle saxophonist in the FGCU Wind Orchestra, lead alto in the Jazz Band Flight: Jazz at FGCU, and played soprano saxophone in the Bower Saxophone Quartet. Alexander was selected to play tenor saxophone in the 2017 National Intercollegiate Band as well as principle alto saxophone in the 2017 Florida All-State Intercollegiate Band and tenor saxophone in the 2016 Florida All-State Intercollegiate Band. In November of 2015, Alexander participated in a critically acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City with the FGCU Wind Orchestra.
