Fanfare Americana

Instrumentation: 2(=picc).2.2.2.(2=cbsn).-4.4 wag tba/4 hn*.3.3.1.-2 prc.-timp.-strings (*the extra four Wagner Tuba/Horn parts are OPTIONAL)

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This piece was written for the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra at the request of the conductor George Jackson to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Globe-News Centre for the Performing Arts.

This short fanfare begins with series of flared crescendos in the brass before opening up into a full orchestral tutti. The middle section is faster and more playful, with the woodwind taking centre stage, before a return to the full orchestral textures of the opening. Though this piece was written for an occasion, it’s also a celebration of the American ‘can do’ attitude, something that, as a Brit – with our dark humour and insouciant attitude – I have come to admire.

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