I was inspired to compose this fanfare following the groundswell of excitement when Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race for President of the United States in 2024. I was watching videos about her and loved seeing how her campaign used joy in celebrating her forward looking platform for the country, when the opening horn theme popped into my head, and using the same instrumentation as Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, I composed this piece rather quickly! I coincidentally found out later that Copland was inspired by the words of then Vice President Henry Wallace in 1942 to compose his fanfare.
This performance features an all Asian-American brass ensemble, with a majority of players who are Taiwanese-American or Taiwanese. I have such gratitude to them for contributing their amazing talents!
Horns
Trumpets
Trombones
Tubas
Chris Chen
Daniel Chung (Not pictured)
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