FANFARE & ANTHEM
(2022/rev. 2025)
PUBLISHER: M.O.T.I.F. (ASCAP) | ca. 6.5 minutes | GRADE 6/ADVANCED
© 2025 M.O.T.I.F. (ASCAP)
INSTRUMENTATION
WOODWINDS: Piccolo, 4 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon,
Eb Clarinet, 4 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bass Clarinets, Contrabass Clarinet
SAXOPHONES: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bari
BRASS: 4 Bb Trumpets, 4 Horns, 3 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba
STRINGS: Double Bass
KEYBOARDS: Piano
PERCUSSION (8 players required): Timpani, Chimes, Crotales (2 octaves), Glockenspiel, Marimba (5-octave), Vibraphone, Xylophone, Bongos (2), Snare Drum, Marching Snare Drum*, Tambourine**, Tom-toms (4),
Bass Drum, Small Bass Drum***, Hi-hat, Crash Cymbal, China Cymbal, Splash Cymbal, Crash Cymbals,
Suspended Cymbal, Tam-tam, Triangle
*may be substituted with a Field Drum or Rope Drum with a Kevlar head, or a second standard Snare Drum larger in size
**must be headless and mounted on a stand, to be played with fingers & sticks
***must be a kick drum facing upward like a Tom-tom, to be played with sticks
SCORE FOLLOWER
This fanfare & anthem for wind ensemble is inspired by two different poems: John Keats's To Hope and Emily Dickinson's "Hope" is the thing with feathers. What starts as a traditional fanfare eventually, and naturally, transforms into an anthem full of a sense of spirited youthfulness. The piece's thematic and motivic material therefore undergoes a transformative change from beginning to end, moving from moments of tension & alarm to brighter colors & textures of sound.