Fanfare for Band

This piece was written in celebration of the completion of the new band and performing arts room at Hillcrest in Spring 2015. I was very lucky that the city of Sebastopol voted yes on a parcel tax to fund construction in only my 2nd year of teaching. Id never written for large ensembles before but I felt it was necessary to properly welcome the new building onto campus. Allow the 1st Trumpet and 1st Trombone parts to lead the melody at the beginning. There are plenty of opportunities for different articulations throughout, mostly switching between marcato and legato. Let the descending parts at m. 38, particularly 2nd Trumpet and 1st F Horn, lead this closing melody RECORDING NOTE: The recording youll hear was recorded before I made a couple of edits. You will hear the F Horns playing some ascending accented notes in m. 35. I decided they were unnecessary and removed them from the score.