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A very stellar arrangement, but there are three main things I would love to change about this medley. #1: With the addition of the Space Force in 2019, and the adaptation of the official USSF march in 2022, it should be presented as part of this medley. The first few bars of the Washington Post march would directly precede the Space Force song, performed in the key of concert F. #2: Those are not the correct lyrics to the Army song. Those words were taken from John Philip Sousa’s Field Artillery March, whose trio was the direct inspiration for the Army march. That being said, the official song of the US Army is “The ARMY Goes Rolling Along.” #3: If a group chooses to exclude “The Star-Spangled Banner” from a performance of this piece, maybe craft an alternate ending with the whole of “America the Beautiful” leading straight into the coda. And a bonus feature: Add an organ to the score for the national anthem!
Played this in the SCMEA festival with Eric Davis, the composer, as the conductor. Now, every time I listen to it, I just love the way it flows and understand why and how he composed it. Thanks for a great experience Eric
I got to be the cello section leader when we played this song at my school and at the start of the year when we first played this, the solo was easy then for the competition laser, that part suddenly was so hard
We played this at the large ensemble contest in boonville mo I'm a Tuba player, and I miss playing this peace so much. It's so pretty and awesome. Wonder what it would sound like on an organ.
