Patriotic and Americana selections

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PATRIOTIC MUSIC

MP3 Title Composed (Arranged)
The Armed Forces March   (The songs of the 6 US Armed Forces.) (Robert Wendel)
American Hymn   (A heartfelt tribute to our wonderful country.) Nancy Bloomer Deussen
Commemoration   (For Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, and 9-11.) Robert Wendel
Fanfare For Freedom   (A brilliant up-tempo flourish for any patriotic Pops concert.) Robert Wendel
Fanfare For The FrontLine Workers   (To those who kept us safe in times of crisis.) Robert Wendel
A Field In Pennsylvania  (A tribute to the heros of Flight 93 on 9-11 near Shanksville, PA.)     Nancy Bloomer Deussen
The Gettysburg Address  (Lincoln's timeless speech with a stirring musical underscore.)   Richard Chiarappa
Spirit Of Freedom   (An audience favorite for over 20 years!) Tracey Rush
Towers Of Light   (An elegy for orchestra for 9-11.)   Robert Wendel
Valor    (For the Bravest, the Finest, the First Responders, and the Heros!) Christopher Tyler Nickel

MUSICAL "AMERICANA"

MP3 Title Composed (Arranged)
Back To The Fifties!   (5 classic hits from the 1950's) (Robert Wendel)
Celebration  (Totally up beat and perfect for any Pops concert.)   Christopher Tyler Nickel
George M Cohan Overture  (A medley of George M Cohan's greatest hits.)   (Robert Wendel)
George M Cohan Overture - Vocal Version  (Cohan's hits for singers and orchestra. (Robert Wendel)
From Sea To Shining Sea  (A musical trip across the USA.)   (Robert Wendel)
Movin' Out  (A medley of 4 Billy Joel hits designed to delight.)   Billy Joel (Robert Wendel)
An Old Fashioned Summer   (A musical journey back in time to 1900 or so.)   (Robert Wendel)
The Orange Blossom Special  (The timeless fiddler's tune with surprises along the way.)   (Robert Wendel)
The Original Ragtime Band   (Scott Joplin and Irving Berlin rags for orchestra.) (Robert Wendel)
Protest & Hope   (The folk songs that defined the 60's.) (Robert Wendel)
Reel Kool   (2 Cajun reel dances from New Orleans.) (David Culross)
Ride Of The Headless Horseman  (Based on the classic Washington Irving thriller.)   Robert Wendel
Rock Around The Clock  (The song credited as the birth of Rock and Roll.)   (Robert Wendel)
Saint Bailey's Rag  (A New Orleans style march based on 3 jazz classics.)   (Robert Wendel)
The Saint Louis Blues  (W C Handy's iconic song taken back to its bawdy roots!)   (Robert Wendel)
Surf's Up!  (The Beach Boys very first hits and classic Americana!)   (Robert Wendel)
Swing Ludwig, Swing!  (Beethoven's 5th & 9th symphonies a la Benny Goodman.)   (Robert Wendel)
Take Flight  (A salute to the Wright Brothers and everyone with a dream.)  Robert Wendel
The Tall Ships  (A look back at the explorers who discovered The New World.)   Robert Wendel
Theme from New York, New York  (Kander & Ebb's mega-hit is now on Broadway.)   (Robert Wendel)
Under The Big Top  (A musical trip to the circus of yester year.)   (Robert Wendel)
When TV Was Young  (Dragnet, Hitchcock, Honeymooners, Lone Ranger, and LUCY!)   (Robert Wendel)

Detailed listings

THE ARMED FORCES MARCH

Arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: Newly revised to add the Space Force song (Semper Supra) to the 5 existing songs and re-ordered to conform to the Armed Services order of precedence.
Instrumentation:2+Picc/2/2+BCl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timp, 2-4 perc and strings.
Duration:3:40
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50
Notes:

FANFARE FOR THE FRONTLINE WORKERS

by Robert Wendel
Description: An original composition dedicated to all the front line workers who kept us all safe and safely functioning: doctors, nurses, EMT's, police, fire, sanitation, transportation, food and medicine delivery persons, care takers, mask makers and so many more who volunteered for so many needed tasks!
Instrumentation:0/0/0/0 - 4/4(or 3)/3+BTb/1 - Timp, Sn Dr., Field Dr., Bass Drum.
Duration:2:45
Rental Fee:$50/+$25/+$12.50
Notes: Commissioned and premiered July 3, 2020 by the Philly Pops, David Charles Abell, conductor.

FANFARE FOR FREEDOM

by Robert Wendel
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Description: An original composition by Robert Wendel, rapidly becoming an often-programmed opener for Memorial Day and 4th of July concerts with its blazing trumpets, thundering timpani, and pealing bells! Now having had over 250 performances to date, this has truly become a new part of the standard repertory.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, 2-3 percussion, opt piano, and strings
Duration:3:30
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: This work served as the July 4th Concert opener for the Atlanta Symphony 7 years in a row, was conducted by Erich Kunzel numerous times in Cincinnati, Naples, and on tour, and has been frequently performed on Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day across the country every year.
Notes: A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com

SPIRIT OF FREEDOM

by Tracey Rush
Description: Commissioned and premiered by the Dubuque Symphony in 1997, this work has had many performances since then. Now Tracey has gone back and made some revisions, especially in the finale, and added an optional 4th trumpet for more excitement than ever. This one will definitely get your audience cheering and waving their flags and we are proud to now be your source for this newly revised classic!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3(4)/3/1 - Timp, 3 perc and strings.
Duration:3:35
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

COMMEMORATION

by Robert Wendel
Description: An original work by Robert Wendel that is a sort of "double trumpet voluntary" suitable for any occasion of importance or remembrance. Starting as almost a funeral march, it builds slowly and relentlessly to a life-affirming conclusion.
Instrumentation2+picc/1 + E. Hrn/2/2 - 4/2,3,or 4 Trumpets/3/1 Timpani, 2-3 percussion, optional organ, and strings
Duration:3:45
Comments: "...a penetrating work." — The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Notes: Though composed and premiered in 2000 to remember the unexpected passing of two long-time friends, Commemoration was performed numerous times around the country in the months following the 9-11 attack, most notably on a 7 city tour by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops. It was also played at the Kennedy Space center launch pad in a memorial concert for the Challenger Astronauts. It has been featured 5 times on the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS: In 2006 to mark the opening of the WW II memorial, with Erich Kunzel conducting the National Symphony, again in 2009 as part of the Lincoln Tribute, again on the 2011 telecast for Gen. Colin Powell's welcoming home of our troops, also featured in the 2017 concert conducted by Jack Everly to honor the Tuskeegee Air Men and veterans of WWII, and most recently in 2022 as part of the salute to the women's contributions during WWII.
This work has been recorded by Sean O'Boyle & The Tasmanian Symphony for ABC Classics, and a CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

AMERICAN HYMN

by Nancy Bloomer Deussen
Description: Nancy Bloomer Deussen's newest work for orchestra is a stirring tribute to America, beginning almost pensively, but building to a stirring climax. World Premiere by The Diablo Symphony conducted by Joyce Johnson-Hamilton on July 1, 2, and 3, 2005. It carries the inscription: "In appreciation of how fortunate I am to be a citizen of this great nation."
Instrumentation:2+Picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timp, 3-4 perc - Harp, and strings.
Duration:5:25
Rental Fee:$240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes:This work has been recorded by Robert Ian Winston and The Kiev Philharmonic for ERM Media.

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

by Richard Chiarappa, Jr.
Description: A new inspirational setting of Lincoln's famous speech for narrator and orchestra by conductor/composer Richard Chiarappa, Jr. The music follows the text most effectively yet requires little rehearsal to coordinate with the speaker.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, 3 percussion, strings, and narrator.
Duration:3:55
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

VALOR

by Christopher Tyler Nickel
Description: Valor is particularly suited to Memorial Day, Independence Day, 9/11,and Veterans Day concerts, or any concert with an heroic theme. A dramatic work in the tradition of the best in film music, Valor is written with soaring lines and stirring brass fanfares to inspire pride and patriotism!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2+E Hn/2+B Cl/2+Cbn - 4/3/3/1 - Timp, 2-3 Perc, Harp, and Strings
Duration:4:45
Rental Fee:$240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: World premiere: May 25th, 2014 by the Gulf Coast Symphony, John Strickler, conductor.
Notes: From the conductor: "The orchestra enjoyed the piece, and the audience reaction was immediate and very enthusiastic. Lot's of cheering and whistling."

CELEBRATION

by Christopher Tyler Nickel
Description: A new and exciting composition full of shifting rhythms in contrasting fanfare-like and pastoral passages. This work by award-winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel will surely delight both your audiences and musicians.
Instrumentation:2+Picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timp, 3 perc & Strings
Duration:3:15
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

arranged by Robert Wendel
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Description: A musical journey across the USA including America The Beautiful with San Francisco, Deep In The Heart Of Texas, Meet Me In Saint Louis, The Tennessee Waltz, Chicago (That Toddlin' Town), My Old Kentucky Home, Georgia On My Mind, Carolina In The Morning, and New York, New York with a finale orchestrated to withstand fireworks if you want to end with a "bang!" A favorite of Erich Kunzel & The Cincinnati Pops!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2+opt B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:9:10
Rental Fee:$360/+$180/+$90 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes:This selection usually "sells out" between Memorial Day and Labor Day, so please reserve your copy early!

AN OLD FASHIONED SUMMER

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: A musical "recollection" of summer in simpler times. Includes: School Days, In The Good Old SummerTime, Sidewalks Of New York, Bicycle Built For Two, Take Me Out To The Ball Game and By The Sea in a concert-overture setting.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, and strings
Duration:4:00
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

"UNDER THE BIG TOP"

by Robert Wendel
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Description: Bring on the trapeze artists, the elephants, dogs and ponies and, of course, the clowns! They are all here in this new medley that's sure to be fun for all!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/2/3/1 Timpani, 3 percussion, and strings
Duration:6:25
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes:Commissioned by The Houston Symphony and Michael Krajewski. Premiered May 24th, 2006.

"WHEN TV WAS YOUNG"

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description Includes the themes from Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Honeymooners, The Lone Ranger, I Love Lucy, and the "N-B-C" signature!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, and strings
Duration:4:40 [ASCAP]
Rental Fee:$240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

BACK TO THE FIFTIES!

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: A great nostalgia trip through the ever-changing music of the 50's including "Mister Sandman", "The Great Pretender", Academy-Award winning "Que Sera-Sera", "Sh-Boom Sh-Boom", and the original 'party' song, "Tequila!"
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2[2nd doubles tenor sax]/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, opt piano, and strings
Duration:5:45 [ASCAP]
Rental Fee:$240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: The hit song by Bill Haley and His Comets that started the whole Rock-and-Roll phenomenon, with interruptions by Mozart, Beethoven, and the 1812 Overture!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:3:00 [ASCAP]
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

REEL KOOL

Arr.: David Culross
Description: Be it a Celtic, Scottish, or American Country theme, this medley of "Reel Saint-Joseph" and "Reel Saint-Antoine" for 2 violins and orchestra will have toes tapping and hands clapping. Add Irish or clog dancers too if you wish... just have fun with this one!
Instrumentation:2-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/timp +3 and strings with 2 solo violins.
Duration:Approximately 3:05
Rental Fee:$180/+$90/+$45 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

TAKE FLIGHT

by Robert Wendel
Description: An original composition written to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first powered flight, this work celebrates everyone who dares to dream.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2+opt B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:5:20
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

A GEORGE M. COHAN OVERTURE

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: Give My Regards To Broadway, Mary, Harrigan, Over There, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and You're A Grand Old Flag in a hand-clapping arrangement.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:6:30
Rental Fee:$240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: The recording of this work has been used repeatedly on the NBC "Today" show for commercial bumpers.
Notes: A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com

A GEORGE M. COHAN OVERTURE (Vocal Version)

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: Similar to the above, but in different keys for singers. Vocal parts available: Mezzo and/or Baritone soloists, or SATB chorus. Please specify which version when ordering.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 Percussion, and strings
Duration:6:10
Rental Fee:$280/+$140/+$70 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). 50 chorus books are included. Extra books are available at 50¢ rental each.

RIDE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN

by Robert Wendel
Description: An original composition based on the Legend Of Sleepy Hollow. Creepy sounds of the foggy forrest, the clock strikes midnight, the horse rears up, and the chase is on until the Headless Horseman traps Ichabod Crane on the covered bridge and "the deed is done!"
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap set, Mark Tree, Xylophone, Glock, Chimes, Tam-Tam, Triangle, Piatti and Bass Drum, Harp, and Strings
Duration:5:15
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com

THE TALL SHIPS

by Robert Wendel
Description: An original tone picture by Robert Wendel that evokes the spirit of the early maritime explorers, the wind in the sails, sea chanties, and waves crashing on the ship's bow.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, 2-3 percussion, harp, Celeste and strings
Duration:5:55
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: "Robert Wendel's 'The Tall Ships' proved a cinematic extravaganza, the soundtrack for tall ships sailed by old salts." - JEFFREY KACZMARCZYK, The GR Press July 29,2011
Notes: A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com

TOWERS OF LIGHT - An Elegy for Orchestra

by Robert Wendel
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Description: This work was inspired by memories and impressions of the annual light tributes held at "Ground Zero" in NYC every year. It depicts the Hudson River at sunset and the Manhattan skyline playing with light. As darkness descends, the light "towers" gradually appear, reaching ever upwards. Dust, smoke, bugs and birds swirl within the light columns, as if ascending towards the infinite. Finally, gradually, the light towers fade into morning twilight, not to be seen for another year.
Instrumentation:2/2(2d EH)/2/2 - 2(or 4)/0/0/0 - timp, 2 perc, celeste, harp, and strings
Duration:7:00
Rental Fee:$240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes:This work placed 4th nationally in the 2011 "American Prize for Orchestral Composition."
Notes: The RSO gave this mournful contemporary work an exquisite interpretation, and the audience, held in its spell, respectfully waited a couple of beats before they applauded. - Libby Parker, The Rockford Register Star Review, 7/5/2011
Notes: A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com

A FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA

by Nancy Bloomer Deussen
Description: In moving tribute to the passengers and crew of UA Flight 93 that crashed near Shanksville, PA, Nancy Bloomer Deussen brings us a work of passion, reflection and triumph.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2+E Hn/2+B Cl./2 - 4/3/2/1 - Timp, 3 percussion and strings.
Duration:7:10
Rental Fee:$240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

MOVIN' OUT (Billy Joel Medley)

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: It's back! A medley of Billy Joel songs including "Movin' Out," "Just The Way You Are," "Uptown Girl," and "Big Shot" all used in the Broadway Show "Movin' Out" conceived by Twila Tharp. This medley was originally commissioned by the Cincinnati Pops for Erich Kunzel and the copyright holders have given us permission to make it available on a limited basis to other orchestras as well.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2+ B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Set, Glock, Chimes, Xylophone, Vibes, Triangle, Bass Drum, Piatti, Tambourine, Cabassa, Mark Tree, guitar[opt], bass guitar[opt], piano[opt], and Strings. OPTIONAL: SATB chorus and/or 1-3 soloists.
Duration:6:35
Rental Fee:$300/+$150/+&75 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

THE SAINT LOUIS BLUES

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: An all new, down and dirty version of an American classic starting with a simple "strip" beat and ending in an all-stops-out finale.
Comments: "...the piece de resistance...a deliciously decadent arrangement" — The Columbus Dispatch
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:3:20
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com

SURF'S UP!

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: The Beach Boys first three big hits: Surfin', Surfer Girl, and Surfin' Safari, complete with an orchestral tidal wave and the drum set solo from "Wipe Out".
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:3:00
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

SAINT BAILEY'S RAG

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: A Dixieland-style march made from When the Saint's Go Marching In, Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey, and 12th Street Rag. A perennial Cincinnati Pops Encore!
Comments: "...[he] threw in everything but the kitchen sink...great fun!" — The Portland Press Herald
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:3:30
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com

ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: The famous fiddler's tune about an old time steam train with bits of Choo-Choo Charlie, Flight of the Bumble Bee, I've Been Working On The RailRoad, and Chattanooga Choo-Choo.
Comments: "I believe the hit of the evening was the "Orange Blossom Special", featuring the country music style of the "fiddle section" of the orchestra." — The Rapid City Journal
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:3:10
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

THE ORIGINAL RAGTIME BAND

by Berlin & Joplin, arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: Celebrate the birth of Ragtime with Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band in combination with Joplin's Ragtime Dance, The Entertainer, and of course, The Maple Leaf Rag.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, piano, and strings
Duration:3:45
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com

PROTEST & HOPE

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: A medley of some of the 60's favorite folk songs will bring back many memories and can be used as an "impromptu" sing-along. It is also a great tribute to the late Pete Seeger.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:4:30
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

SWING, LUDWIG, SWING!

by Robert Wendel
Description: Here is a salute to Beethoven's 5th and 9th Symphonies in the style of Benny Goodman's swing classic "Sing, Sing, Sing." For some 2 decades now, this selection has never failed to bring audiences to their feet yelling and cheering (and asking where they can buy the track!) which is now available on Amazon.com.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:3:20
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com

THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description A stand-alone arrangement of the hit song by Kander and Ebb, this selection is also very much at home as part of a tribute to Frank Sinatra! PLUS: IT'S NOW PLAYING ON BROADWAY!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2+opt B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:3:45
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

VALOR

by Christopher Tyler Nickel
Description: Valor is particularly suited to Memorial Day, Independence Day, 9/11,and Veterans Day concerts, or any concert with an heroic theme. A dramatic work in the tradition of the best in film music, Valor is written with soaring lines and stirring brass fanfares to inspire pride and patriotism!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2+E Hn/2+B Cl/2+Cbn - 4/3/3/1 - Timp, 2-3 Perc, Harp, and Strings
Duration:4:45
Rental Fee:$240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes: World premiere: May 25th, 2014 by the Gulf Coast Symphony, John Strickler, conductor.
Notes: From the conductor: "The orchestra enjoyed the piece, and the audience reaction was immediate and very enthusiastic. Lot's of cheering and whistling."

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