Semper Gratus.  Always Grateful.  This piece is a tribute to my grandfathers, ARM1 Brodie Betts and CPO Bob McKee, who were WWII veterans, and all others who serve.

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Thanks to Brassworks, the faculty brass quintet at Brigham Young University, for commissioning this work.

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Duration: 5'30"

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Instrumentation

4 trumpets
2 horns*
2 trombones

1 bass trombone (or tuba)

1 tuba

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* Can also work well with 4 horns