Our Director (Score)

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1 Condensed Score - 1 Condensed Score - 1 Piccolo - 8 Flute - 2 Oboe - 1 Clarinet Eb - 4 Clarinet Solo - 4 Clarinet I - 4 Clarinet II - 4 Clarinet III - 1 Soprano Saxophone - 4 Alto Saxophone - 2 Tenor Saxophone - 1 Baritone Saxophone - 1 Flugelhorn Eb - 3 Bugel Solo + I - 2 Flugelhorn II - 1 Flugelhorn III - 2 Cornet I - 2 Cornet II - 2 Trumpet I - 2 Trumpet II - 2 Horn I + II F - 2 Horn I + III Eb - 1 Horn II Eb - 2 Horn III + IV F - 1 Horn IV Eb - 1 Tenorhorn I - 1 Tenorhorn II - 1 Tenorhorn III - 2 Trombone I C - 1 Trombone I Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone I Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone II C - 1 Trombone II Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone II Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone III C - 1 Trombone III Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone III Bb (BC) - 2 Baritone C - 2 Baritone Bb (BC) - 4 Baritone Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (BC) - 2 Bas Eb (TC) - 2 Bas Eb (BC) - 4 Tuba C - 2 Percussion I - 1 Percussion II - 8 Drums I - 4 Drums II - 1 Timpani

No doubt, 'Our Director' is one of the most popular marches ever. Compo-ser Frederick Ellsworth Bigelon (1873-1929) was a pharmacist living in Massachusetts who played the clarinet and the saxophone in his spare time. He composed this march in 1892 for Joseph Morrisette, conductor of the Ashland Brass Band. The march become extremely popular and was published in different instrumental and orchestral arrangements. The trio became the official students' war song at Harvard University in 1916 and was sung as a liberation song during World War I. Gosling Mol made this fine arrangement for symphonic and fanfa-re band in 1960.