REUNION: FANFARE FOR BAND
by GIOVANNI SANTOS

Grade 4 | 3:30 | © 2020

This work was composed to celebrate all underrepresented composers. The work was specifically composed to raise funds for the wonderful organization, And We Were Heard. They provide a platform and advocacy for music composed by underrepresented composers to be heard. And We Were Heard also strives to help conductors/teachers explore the importance of diverse programming.

The work itself starts in a very dark place, a place where students are not able to join together to make music. This is a place of confusion, sadness, with a glimmer of hope for the future. The work develops into a joyous celebration for the day we get to perform music together again.

Reunion is dedicated to all who lost their battle with Covid-19 and their families.

Recorded on December 6th, 2021 by the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire Wind Symphony and Dr. John R. Stewart.