by Teresa Jennings

This stirring patriotic classic is a memorable work that stays in the minds of listeners and singers alike. It is especially well-suited for use by large multi-grade groups because it is simple and effective with singers of all ages.

We're very proud of this song, and it seems like the ideal tune for that big end-of-the-year concert with all of your singers combined with your school's concert band. Consequently, we have asked Paul Jennings to orchestrate Teresa's powerful arrangement for school concert bands at a Grade II level, which should be ideal for most elementary/middle school bands. He has scored it so that it will work well even with smaller groups and for those with limited instrumentation, and it features a few options for more advanced bands as well. The concert band arrangement is packaged as a full score and a set of parts that come with full rights to reproduce as many parts as they need for their bands. (from Music K-8, Vol. 6, No. 5)

The kit and concert band pack are available in electronic format, for download to your computer. These files are quite large and may take a long time to download. Users with a dial-up modem will have difficulty: A high-speed Internet connection is highly recommended. When you expand the compressed song kit file, it will include two MP3s (one full-performance and one accompaniment only version) and a printable PDF of the written music. When you expand the compressed band kit file, it will include a printable PDF of the written music. Questions? Visit the Download Help page (opens in a new window)

The Convenience Combo Kit includes both the Kit with CD and Downloadable Kit, or, in the case of the concert band pack, the printed pack and the downloadable version.

Sound clips are available on MusicK8.com