Grade 3
SKU:
CL.012-3566-01
Faces of Bravery.
Composed by Shaffer.
Concert Band. Command
Series. Audio recording
available separately
(item CL.WFR350). Extra
full score. Composed
2007. Duration 4 minutes,
36 seconds. Opus III Wind
Orchestra Publications
#012-3566-01. Published
by Opus III Wind
Orchestra Publications
(CL.012-3566-01).
Purple Heart is
a powerful and dramatic
musical setting written
in tribute to composer
David Shaffer's former
student LCpl Michael
Cifuents who, along with
14 other Marines from the
Columbus, Ohio based Lima
Company of the 3rd
Battalion, 25th Marines,
were killed on August
3,2005 in a roadside
attack in Iraq. The
subdued sonorities of the
horns are blended with
the subtleties of the
mallet percussion,
creating a compassionate
and stirring setting
appropriate for any
concert setting. An
emotional tribute to
Michael Cifuentes and
members of Lima Company
of the 3rd Battalion,
25th Marines who were
killed on August 3, 2005
in Iraq is now available.
This PowerPoint
presentation may be used
in conjunction with the
performance of Purple
Heart:
http://www.barnhouse.com/
images/misc/012-3566-90.p
pt.
About
C.L. Barnhouse Command
Series
The
Barnhouse Command Series
includes works at grade
levels 2, 2.5, and 3.
This series is designed
for middle school and
junior high school bands,
as well as high school
bands of smaller
instrumentation or
limited experience.
Command Series
publications have a
slightly larger
instrumentation than the
Rising Band Series, and
are typically of larger
scope, duration, and
musical content.
