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Wonderful Peace
Opening with a full lush sound, the piece settles into a smooth, flowing melody in the horns and saxes. The full band responds giving way to a lighter woodwind section. The ending explodes into a climatic section much like the beginning, only to return to the smooth flow of the first theme.
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I Love To Tell The Story
The piece begins with a sweeping introduction. The theme is then passed through the various sections of the band with counterlines throughout. The second verse shifts to a sensitive scene first in the flutes, then the horns and saxes, finally expanding to full band. The ending resolves to a sense of calm.
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All The Way My Saviour Leads
Opening in a reflective mood, the theme is presented against a smooth countermelody in the woodwinds, expanding to full band. Modulating upward, the brass choir states the theme while the woodwinds punctuate with an obligato. After a sensitive section the band grows to climatic proportions and then tapers to reflect the beginning.
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Believe March
This selection is intended to portray the essence of our Christian faith through Christ, featuring the hymns I Know Whom I Have Believed, and Believe On The Lord Jesus Christ. Written in a march style, the simple yet effective countermelodies balance the well-known hymns; the ending builds to an exciting concert-type conclusion.
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Noah’s “L’ark?”
Purely a novelty… with what Noah might have had to put up with. It begins with a flowing theme based on the call of the meadowlark, followed by the antics of the cuckoo. Then comes the arrogance of the woodpecker theme, concluded by the cacophony of all these “birds” carrying on at once. A “L’ark?” for Noah?
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Deep River Medley
A slow, intense introduction leads into a longing sound of the clarinet/ saxophone/ horn line on Deep River. The brass enter on the refrain for a change of color, then the melody returns to the w.w.horns. Peace Like A River is a spritely saxophone/horn trio section leading into the brass with woodwind obligato figures. Down By The Riverside concludes the medley featuring various color combinations and a lively rhythm. Deep River returns in a final tutti Grandioso. Percussion timbres are sprinkled throughout.
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Jesus Loves The Little Children
Presented as a nationalist tour on the theme through variation styles of: Oriental, Scottish, Russia, Latin, and a touch of an American Sousa march. The coda even makes a point of its own.
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March of Faith
Written in the style of a Sousa march, the march includes I Know I Have Believed and Trusting Jesus for the first two strains and incorporates Faith Is The Victory for the Trio. The traditions of Sousa are present along with some typical Sousa deviations.
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