Our Time Has Come

This piece, written for my "Hawk Band" at Hillcrest, was supposed to be a celebration of "The end of the pandemic". While we did end up back at school in the fall of 2021, there were still safety protocols in place that left us feeling like things weren't quite back to normal. Still, there were plenty of joyous moments throughout the year as we all preferred being on campus instead of distance learning. The piece starts in a homophonic chorale style in octaves, splitting into harmony at m. 10 and then polyphony at m. 20. Percussionists lead the tempo change at m. 31. The clarinet 1 part at m. 53 is another extra layer of movement so let that part come out. Big timpani solo in the last 5 measures.