Set in four contrasting movements based on melodic ideas from the composer's daughter Sounds, Sketches & Ideas begins with a lyric ballad, then presents a very regal movement. The third movement has a jazz basis while the finale is a comic movement…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Roger Cichy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
We Walked with Heads Held High is a narrated work emphasizing one aspect of the American Civil Rights movement, the struggle for equality in public education. The piece is a tribute in honor of all African Americans who fought for equality in one of America’s…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Roger Cichy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Wings Across America unfolds as a dramatic musical narrative of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II (WASPs). Following a celebratory fanfare, the work dramatically turns to America at war, occasionally weaving "The Air Force Song" into the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Roger Cichy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written in honor of the 150th anniversary of Wisconsin statehood, Cichy's Wisconsin Soundscapes opens with a stately trumpet fanfare, then moves into a Copland-esque folk song romp tinged with toe-tapping rhythms and hummable melodies.
Grade Level: 4…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Roger Cichy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications