Filled with colorful effects and vivid dissonance, Eric Whitacre has created a remarkable setting of our national anthem. Challenging and impressive, this arrangement is both reverential and unique. As an option, the choir and band can be performed together although both are designed to stand alone.
Instrumentation
CONDUCTOR SCORE (FULL SCORE)
FLUTE 1
FLUTE 2
FLUTE 3
OBOE 1
OBOE 2
BASSOON 1
BASSOON 2
BB CLARINET 1
BB CLARINET 2
BB CLARINET 3
BB BASS CLARINET
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 1
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 2
BB TENOR SAXOPHONE
EB BARITONE SAXOPHONE
F HORN 1
F HORN 2
F HORN 3
F HORN 4
BB TRUMPET 1
BB TRUMPET 2
BB TRUMPET 3
EUPHOMIUM 1 BC IN BB
EUPHONIUN 1 BC IN C
EUPHONIUM 1 TC IN BB
EUPHONIUM 1 TC IN C
EUPHONIUM 2 BC IN BB
EUPHONIUM 2 BC IN C
EUPHONIUM 2 TC IN BB
EUPHONIUM 2 TC IN C
TROMBONE 1
TROMBONE 2
TROMBONE 3
TUBA
TIMPANI
PERCUSSION