Great American Fanfare

by Richard Byrd

Special Supplement to the

January 2013 ITG Journal

Copyright 2013 Eighth Note Publications; published by the International Trumpet Guild with permission.
 Great American Fanfare
by Richard Byrd
Great American Fanfare was commissioned by the 2012 Great American Brass Band Festival to celebrate and salute one of Americas
most renowned performers, Vincent DiMartino, on the occasion of his retirement at Centre College. e work is written for ten
trumpets that can be arranged as two antiphonal trumpet choirs. is majestic fanfare is easily suited for multiple doubling of parts to
form massed trumpet forces, as evidenced during the premiere performance where numerous former DiMartino students from all over
the country participated in this tribute.
e musical material for this fanfare was adapted from an earlier work by the
composer, entitled Celebration Fanfare, written for the 2010 Alltech FEI World
Equestrian Games, a world championship event involving equestrians from over
sixty countries, which was held in Lexington, Kentuckythe rst time in history
that this prestigious international event occurred outside of Europe.
Great American Fanfare features a prominent spirited theme juxtaposed with an
enchanting lyrical theme, and mixed meter transitions interspersed throughout.
is energetic composition is fun to perform and enjoyable to hear, and is ideal for
trumpet competitions, conference preludes, and engaging concert programs.

Dr. Richard Byrd is Associate Professor of eory and Composition at Eastern
Kentucky University where he teaches a wide range of theory curriculum including
Musicianship, Music eory, Form and Analysis, and Twentieth-Century Music
Analysis, as well as graduate theory courses including Analytical Techniques and
Pedagogy of eory. In addition to playing trumpet with the EKU Faculty Brass
Quintet, he serves as the ensembles composer-in-residence. He previously taught
theory and applied trumpet at the University of the Cumberlands where he was
coordinator of Instrumental Music studies and the Music eory program. He has
also taught as an adjunct trumpet professor at the University of Kentucky and at
Transylvania University. After receiving his Bachelors degree in Trumpet Perform-
ance at DePauw University, he earned his Masters and PhD degrees in Music e-
ory from the University of Kentucky. During his doctoral studies he was awarded
the prestigious Dissertation Year Fellowship for his research on the solo and cham-
ber music of the composer Fisher A. Tull.
Various organizations have commissioned Byrd to compose or arrange music specically for their group or special event including
the Kentucky Center Governors School for the Arts, the Great American Brass Band Festival, Commonwealth Clarinet Quartet, Ken-
tucky Baroque Trumpets, Eastern Kentucky University Faculty Brass Quintet, and several school band programs. Many of his compo-
sitions are published by Eighth Note Publications and are available online (http://www.enpmusic.com). He has presented research in
the areas of music theory pedagogy and interdisciplinary collaboration between correlative art forms at various sessions, including the
National Conference of Governors Schools, and his pedagogical research articles can be found in the International Trumpet Guild
Journal, the Kentucky Music Teacher Journal, and Bluegrass Music News.
As a trumpet performer, Byrds classical experiences include performing with the Indianapolis Symphony, West Virginia, and Lexington
Philharmonic Orchestras. During his tenure with the Lexington Brass Band he was a featured soloist during the bands England tour
in 2000. He has performed with several prominent jazz artists including Doc Severinsen, Allen Vizzutti, Maynard Ferguson, Jens Lin-
demann, Bob Mintzer, Victor Wooten, Take 6, and the Manhattan Transfer, and in shows with Aretha Franklin, Robert Goulet, Rose-
mary Clooney, Lou Rawls, Carol Channing, and the Ringling Brothers Circus. He has appeared on the Kentucky Educational Televisions
jazz documentarys entitled In the Mood: e Big Band Era in the Bluegrass with guest artist Byron Stripling, and Ellington and Be-
yond with guest artist Louie Bellson. His lead trumpet abilities with the DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra (DOJO) are showcased on
their CDs entitled Quotient and O the Charts, and with e Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra on their CD entitled Flying Home. He
has also released his own solo CD entitled Portrait of a Trumpet, which is available online (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/richardbyrd).
As an educator of junior and senior high school trumpet students, Byrd has gained a prominent reputation among schools in the
Commonwealth as both a private trumpet and composition instructor. Many of his students have won awards, performed as soloists
with several bands and orchestras, and won competitions at the regional, state, national, and international levels, including the Inter-
national Trumpet Guild, the National Trumpet Competition, the Young Composers Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and
the Brass Initiative International Music Composition Competition. He is also active as an adjudicator and clinician. He has been a full-
time artist-in-residence with the Kentucky Center Governors School for the Arts since 1989, and serves as Chair of the Instrumental
Music discipline and Dean of Faculty.

Eighth Note Publications is the copyright owner of this music and has assigned the score for use in the January issue of the ITG Journal
and on the ITG Web Site to ITG. Eighth Note retains the rights to the full published edition.
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