Patriotic Concert Band Music

Conceived as a fanfare to precede the presentation of The Star-Spangled Banner, this work can be presented in three different ways: (1) as a concert selection, (2) as a narrated work describing the

This work uses a narrator and includes a history of the creation of the national anthem, recitation of the fourth verse, and a stirring fanfare inviting all of those present to recapture the focus by a