(4-horns, 2-trumpets, trombone, and
tuba) Piano or Oregon
version (sample page to left) up here on line
Just up April 25,
2002
as a PDF file.
(4 pages)
(4-horns, 2-trumpets, trombone, and
tuba) Piano or Oregon
version (sample page to left) up here on line
Just up April 25,
2002
as a PDF file.
(4 pages)
This Work: FANFARE FOR A CONVOCATION
was commissioned for the Inaugural Program for the 20th president of the College of Charleston: Leo I. Higdon Jr., on March 26, 2002, and premiered that afternoon. The text below he chose for this occasion is from a letter that George Washington wrote to Alexander Hamilton:
"Education is one of the
surest means of enlightening
and giving
just ways of thinking to our
citizens."
The following text is a quotation by Anatole France
"To accomplish great things,
we must not only act,
but also dream
not only plan,
but also believe."
"Dream Plan Believe" is a motto excerpted from the above that served as a frontispiece for the published program, and which I made into a musical motto that reoccurs throughout this short 2 minute anthem for Choir and Brass Octet: 2 Trumpets in Bb, 4 Horns, Trombone and Bass Tuba. The score presented on line free here may be performed with either piano or organ. If the parts are purchased [from DAPrint, Omaha for$15 for the complete set with bound conductor's score and vocal score and brass parts] and the work is performed with brass octet, the piano/organ part is only for rehearsal--and helpful as cues for the singers.
The TEXT (As presented in the work)
Dream Plan Believe
To accomplish great things,
we must not only act,
but also dream
not only plan,
but also believe.
Education is one of the
surest means of enlightening
and giving
just ways of thinking to our
citizens.
Dream Plan Believe