Year of Composition

2007

Duration

15'47"

Instrumentation

solo narrator — 1.1.1.1-1.1.1-timp.perc

Categories

Band
Concertos

Text Writer

Myles Lee, MD

Program Note

Using Washington's words as the basis for the text and similar in format to the Lincoln Portrait, the music is based on actual fife and drum tunes from Washington's era.

— Victoria Bond

Audio/Video

Commercial Recordings

Soul of a Nation - Portraits of Presidential Character (Albany Records)

Commission & Premiere Info

Premiered at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon Estate, VA, September 17, 2007