For Brass Choir and Percussion
Instrumentation: B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV / Horn in F I-II-III-IV-V / Trombone I-II-III / Tuba / Timpani / perc(3) SnDr.HandCymb.TB
Year: 1998
Duration: 4’
First Performance: 29 May 1998 / South Portico of the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin / The Madison Symphony / Daron Hagen
Dedication: “Commissioned by the Madison Symphony Orchestra in celebration of the Sesquicentennial of Wisconsin Statehood, 1998. To the Brass Section of the Madison Symphony.”
Publisher: Peermusic Classical
p/c: South Hamilton Portico of the Wisconsin State Capitol Building, by Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Program Note:
"Forward!" is the motto of the State of Wisconsin. Written for a public political function, this occasional piece was commissioned by the Madison Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the sesquicentennial of Wisconsin Statehood and first performed on 29 May 1998 at the South Hamilton Portico of the Wisconsin State Capitol Building — as part of a ceremony at which then governor of the state Tommy Thompson unveiled a new stamp — by the brass section of the Madison Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer. It is dedicated to the players.
— Daron Hagen, 1998