This piece offers students an opportunity to experience Latin music as it would occur in the Caribbean area. The interplay of the rhythmic melody with the lyrical melody later in the piece allows the
Begun by percussion to establish a solemn feel, the hymn begins as a brass chorale with doubling by the bass clarinet. The woodwinds and xylophone then get a chance to be creative in a variation of the
Very ceremonial feel in the introduction and first theme. The next section allows the low voices to perform the melody. The second theme is rhythmic and allows for an interplay between the winds and the