Contrasting colors and stylistic shifts trace the historic events surrounding the shot heard round the world in this challenging and significant new concert band work by Stephen Bulla. A rhapsodic adventure NORTH BRIDGE PORTRAIT takes us from the merry atmosphere of the pre-revolutionary town through foreboding militant sounds. The fife-and-drum melody Washington s March leads inexorably to the historic beginning of the American colonies struggle for freedom.Vivid images combine to make this descriptive audience-pleasing composition a memorable experience for all that attend your performance. Historic and unique!
