"Fanfare for the Patriot" Premieres at 9/11 Anniversary Concert

The Southern California Brass Consortium (Hector Salazar, conductor) premiered Maffe's ode to the armed forces, "Fanfare for the Patriot," at their 9/11 anniversary concert on Sunday.

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The reverent piece opens with an offstage trumpet solo, a bugle-like melody of the characteristic military fourths and fifths. The piece develops to the whole band and ends with a warm and hopeful tonality—for love of country.