Diamonds
Fanfare for Brass Ensemble and Percussion (3’25”, grade 4)
“Diamonds are the hardest material on earth, capable of withstanding incredible forces. Diamonds have no color, instead they refract the light that passes through them. Turn the stone and all the reflections change. The light shimmers, blurring in and out of focus. No two perspectives are the same, but all are equally beautiful.
Diamonds seemed to be the perfect metaphor to capture my first year out of graduate school. Three months after graduation, I married my wife, Hannah Dale. We moved into our first house and started our adult lives together, both as inner-city music teachers. Not many love songs are fanfares, but when I look at her ring and see the sunshine glinting back at me, I don’t hear lullabies. I’m reminded of the love that has build the beautiful life we share. All I hear is brass.”
Fanfare for Brass Ensemble and Percussion (3’25”, grade 4)
“Diamonds are the hardest material on earth, capable of withstanding incredible forces. Diamonds have no color, instead they refract the light that passes through them. Turn the stone and all the reflections change. The light shimmers, blurring in and out of focus. No two perspectives are the same, but all are equally beautiful.
Diamonds seemed to be the perfect metaphor to capture my first year out of graduate school. Three months after graduation, I married my wife, Hannah Dale. We moved into our first house and started our adult lives together, both as inner-city music teachers. Not many love songs are fanfares, but when I look at her ring and see the sunshine glinting back at me, I don’t hear lullabies. I’m reminded of the love that has build the beautiful life we share. All I hear is brass.”
Fanfare for Brass Ensemble and Percussion (3’25”, grade 4)
“Diamonds are the hardest material on earth, capable of withstanding incredible forces. Diamonds have no color, instead they refract the light that passes through them. Turn the stone and all the reflections change. The light shimmers, blurring in and out of focus. No two perspectives are the same, but all are equally beautiful.
Diamonds seemed to be the perfect metaphor to capture my first year out of graduate school. Three months after graduation, I married my wife, Hannah Dale. We moved into our first house and started our adult lives together, both as inner-city music teachers. Not many love songs are fanfares, but when I look at her ring and see the sunshine glinting back at me, I don’t hear lullabies. I’m reminded of the love that has build the beautiful life we share. All I hear is brass.”