Twisty, Curvy Roads

    Score and parts are available here Scored for Chamber Orchestra, Fanfare of Freedom is appropriate for junior or senior high-school musicians, yet sophisticated enough for professional orchestras. After the introduction, the dynamic volume drops and begins a slow build toward a powerful climax. This makes Fanfare of Freedom perfect for a voice-over presentation of patriotic or other material of your choice.  There is much discussion of "freedom" these days. But the word "freedom" has more than one meaning. Perhaps the most common meaning in everyday conversation is "freedom from coercion". However, in another sense, the word "freedom" implies that one possesses the means to pursue that which is worth pursuing.    This second meaning of the word encompasses and expands the common meaning of the word. If I wish to compose music, no one is stopping me from doing so - but I cannot compose music until I have submitted to the discipline ...

    (See the score to this composition here .) The song " Daisy Bell " was composed British composer Harry Dacre in 1892. It is famously the first song that was ever sung by a computer! In 1961 an IBM 7094 became the first singing computer when it performed " Daisy Bell ". In Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, 2001:A Space Odyssey , The rogue HAL 9000 computer sings " Daisy Bell " as "Dave" works feverishly to disconnect HAL's circuits. Of course, everyone is familiar with the piano. The piano is a common instrument in musical styles from classical to jazz. The musical bicycle is not as common. In fact, I found it necessary to design the bicycle for this project from scratch. My musical bicycle has most of the features of standard bicycles but one uncommon feature is that it has three handlebars arranged in tiers much like the keyboards of a large pipe organ.  Sound generating devices are mounted on each tier of the handlebar set. The sound ge...