Fanfare Prelude - Secret Fortress

Grade Level 1

Year: 2018

Type: Fanfare Prelude

Composer: Stephen Bulla

Program Notes:

This majestic opener maintains a forward motion as it takes the hymn tune (“Still With Thee”) and treats it in a

grandiose setting. The melody moves through all parts as a thematic basis for this arrangement.

The title is drawn from the second verse of Catherine Baird’s text:

Thou art the bread that satisfies forever,

The inward health that overcomes disease,

The love that lives through death, subsiding never,

My secret fortress and my soul’s release.

American Instrumental Ensemble Series (AIES/ABES)