Episode 529, Happy B-Day USA

​​How do you celebrate Independence Day?  With hotdogs and a baseball game?  Sunscreen and swimming pools? What about patriotic music and a slice of apple pie?  This week on Wind & Rhythm we say “Happy Birthday to the USA”, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Fourth of July
  Morton Gould
  Broken Arrow High School Wind Ensemble, Darrin Davis
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
  Jared Morgan, Adrian Hernandez
  US Army Field Band, Jim R. Keene

American Overture for Band
  Joseph Willcox Jenkins
  River City Brass Band     
Liberty for All
  James A. Beckel, Jr.
  US Coast Guard Band, Commander Lewis J. Buckley
Unity Fanfare
  Norman Bolter
  New England Brass Band, Douglas Yeo
Variations On “America"
  Charles Ives
  US Marine Band, Timothy Foley
American Salute
  Morton Gould
  US Navy Band, Commander Ralph Gambone
An American Hymn
  William Schuman
  US Air Force Heritage of America Band,
  Colonel Lowell Graham
The Testament of Freedom: The God Who Gave Us Life
  Randall Thompson
  Dallas Wind Symphony & The Turtle Creek Chorale,
​  Timothy Selig