Concert Band - Grade 3
SKU: AP.31716S
Composed by Melanie
Donahue. Concert Band;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Young Symphonic.
Programmatic. Score. 12
pages. Alfred Music
#00-31716S. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.31716S).
UPC: 038081355962.
English.
Inspired
by the many hardships of
the Irish immigrants,
this piece brings hope of
a new world, a new lease
on life and a second
chance. The piece begins
with the sound of the
ocean in the background
(played by the ocean
drum) while a solo flute
plays the main theme. As
the piece develops the
theme represents several
scenes: first, the
knowledge that life needs
to change due to the
famine and hardships of
the time; second, the
immigrants begin their
move to America; third,
the arrival in America
and seeing the statue of
Liberty, which is the
climactic moment of the
piece; and finally,
ending with the same idea
in the beginning of the
piece but now as memory
and longing for
Ireland.
Melanie Donahue
