Composed for Tapp Middle School in Powder Springs GA and premiered at the 2005 Midwest Clinic in Chicago Ascend is a driving and energetic work designed to sound great with younger bands. The combination of mixed meters andsyncopation gives the main theme a unique edge and there is a brief 3-part fugue woven into the texture of the piece. Sure to provide a rewarding and varied musical experienc…

This dynamic concert work from the magical pen of Samuel Hazo has been transformed into an extremely effective closer/production for the field. Designed to work especially well with small bands this arrangement includes apowerful opening a fugue middle section percussion section feature and a driving finish!