Academic Fanfare Brass Quintet

This energetic, musically satisfying, one-minute fanfare was composed in 2004 during Daniel Thrower's time serving as professor of trumpet at Brigham Young University-Idaho. It was appropriately premiered by the BYU-I Faculty Brass Quintet. "Academic Fanfare" became the theme tune for the Phoenix Chamber Brass, and was used to open every PCB performance for a number of years. Dr. Thrower was a founding member of PCB, and performed with them for the 2006 i 07 season. Aside from its use with BYU-I and PCB as a concert opener, the audience-grabbing nature of "Academic Fanfare" is extremely effective for announcing anything of importance, such as ceremonial openers, graduations, inaugurations, award ceremonies, etc. It is important to keep in mind, however, that in such circumstances, shorter fanfares may be more fitting. Throweris collection of 20 short fanfares for brass quintet is a must for every gigging brass quintet, available through Hickman Music Editions (www.HickmanMusicEditions.com).