Homecoming (Concert Wind Band). Total duration ca. 8 minutes (2008) Published by Activist Music (ASCAP). One movement work. 20 pages, 11" x 17". Commissioned by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band, Major Tod. A. Addison, Commander and conductor. Premiered March 2008 by the U.S. Army TRADOC Band, Major Tod. A. Addison, conductor, Newport News, VA.

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Homecoming is a distinctly American piece of music which ventures emotionally from doubt, to hope, and finally to celebration. Written for the soldiers of the U.S. Army TRADOC Band, the piece reflects upon wishes for the safe return of those who serve their country. Beginning with shades of concern and resolving with great joy, Homecoming seamlessly flows between traditional styles that originated in the U.S., from post-minimalist concert music to jazz. As the music grows into a waltz rhythm, welcoming smiles dance with it to the end as loved ones are reunited. The individuals behind each instrument devote their lives to creating inspired music, and the people of the U.S. Armed Forces devote their lives to the betterment of the lives of others. In this piece, the most simple wind instrument of all, the human voice, echoes meaningful homecomings, wherever home may be and from whatever circumstance one returns.

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