Citadel for Concert Band by James Barnes Concert Band - Sheet Music
By James Barnes
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Citadel
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Score and Parts Concert Band (Score & Parts)
SKU: HL.172771
For Concert Band. Composed by James Barnes. Southern Music Band. Concert. Softcover. Southern Music Company #S952CB. Published by Southern Music Company (HL.172771).UPC: 888680628147. 9.25x12.0x0.665 inches.
Citadel was composed to commemorate the 150th anniversary of The University of Kansas (1865 to 2015.) It begins with optional offstage chimes (one or two sets [opt.]) to depict the daily ringing of the bells in KU's World War II Memorial Campanile. Trumpets introduce a fanfare-like figure that quickly evolves into the opening theme of the work. As the music settles and becomes softer, a saxophone choir introduces a slower, more pensive middle theme intended to describe the university's academic nature. A quiet moment at the end of this section hints at the famous “Rock Chalk Chant” in solo horn before the chimes and fanfare return to end the work in a final, dramatic outburst of sound and color.
