Composed for second year players Paul Murtha masterfully adapts the traditional military march form for young players. The first strain is carried by trumpets and upper woodwinds while the low brass take the lead on the second strain. After a brief percussion break the legato trio melody features the woodwind section. A call and response breakstrain is followed by the full band on the rousing f…

(March of the First Special Service Force)-During World War II Winston Churchill initiated the formation of Special Force Commando Units that would prove so effective as to change the course of the war. The First Special Service Force led by their intrepid Colonel Robert T. Frederick was perhaps the most famous of these units. Due to their ferocious nature and blackened faces for night raids …