Manhattan Beach Music Shenandoah - Ticheli - Concert Band - Gr. 3

Author/Composer:

TICHELI, FRANK

Instrumentation:

CONCERT BAND

Grade/Level:

3.0

Model #:

210010MAN

Composer: Frank Ticheli
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level: 3

In my setting of Shenandoah, I was inspired by the freedom and beauty of the folk melody and by the natural images evoked by the words, especially the image of a river. I was less concerned with the sound of a rolling river than with its life-affirming energy -- its timelessness. Sometimes the accompaniment flows quietly under the melody; other times it breathes alongside it. The work's mood ranges from quiet reflection, through growing optimism, to profound exaltation. - Frank Ticheli
Duration: 6:30