Fanfare of Celebration and Commemoration (2001)

6 Trumpets – 3 mins.

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Program Note

Fanfare of Celebration and Commemoration was composed for the IU Herald Trumpets to perform at the Oct. 10, 2001 Installation Ceremony of our new Chancellor, Sharon S. Brehm. It was begun on September 8th and was was a cheerful, rollicking half-finished piece when the attacks of 9/11 shook us into a new reality. When I returned to the piece the following weekend, continuing the work without some reflection of this darkness seemed impossible. This sudden sombre music is followed by a gathering of strength and eventual return to the optimism of the opening, asserting a confident vision of a brighter future for our society and our world, and for our university community under the leadership of Chancellor Brehm.