I may have mentioned previously that I wanted to be a band director when I grew up. I may have also noted that I was, for at least a while, involved in local band initiatives that ended up centering on a high school alumni band. I was not able to keep putting into that project what it needs, and so I had to step back from it, but I remember it fondly and enjoyed my time doing that work.

Part of that work involved putting together pieces for the irregular ensembles that would turn out. Most of the time, it ended up being a trio: two saxes and a trombone. As might be imagined, there’s not a lot written specifically for that setup, and even stuff that might kind of fit needs some…adjusting before it will work well for such a group. I’m fortunate that I have some tools to use to do that kind of thing, and it seemed appropriate on this first of March to post an arrangement of a march my high school band used to play that seemed to go over well when the alumni group played it: Seitz’s “March Grandioso.”

I’ve got a few other pieces I put together for that arrangement. I might well post some of them in time to come. Maybe someday I’ll have things set up that I can upload audio, even!

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