Panoramic Fanfare: 3rd B-flat Trumpet
By Tyler S. Grant
Level: Medium-Advanced
Item: 98-PC-TGSE001_T3
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Description
Originally scored for brass and percussion, Panoramic Fanfare by Tyler S. Grant was performed by members of the Dallas Wind Symphony and the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra as a winning composition in the DWS's "Call for Fanfares" competition. While still remaining true to the original, Tyler has expanded the thematic material in a way that exhibits greater harmonic color and stunning panoramic imagery. (2:00)
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Series:
Tyler S. Grant Music Works
Publisher:
Tyler S. Grant Music Works, LLC.
SKU:
98-PC-TGSE001_T3
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About the Composer: Tyler S. Grant
Tyler S. Grant has built a reputation as a composer and arranger whose works appear regularly on honor ensemble programs and publisher recommendation lists across North America. His music has been heard at major venues including The Midwest Clinic, Carnegie Hall, and the Meyerson Symphony Center, and his compositions continue to be commissioned annually by bands and orchestras at all levels. Panoramic Fanfare won the Dallas Wind Symphony's 2014 "Call for Fanfares" Competition and has since become a staple in collegiate and professional brass band repertoire.
Beyond the composer's chair, Grant serves as a clinician and conductor, having worked with over 100 school instrumental music programs across 15 states and guest conducted all-state bands in Nebraska, Oregon, Alabama, Louisiana, South Dakota, and North Dakota. He holds a bachelor's degree in instrumental music education from the University of Alabama, where he studied conducting with Professor Randall Coleman, and credits composer Brian Balmages as essential to his artistic development.
Why we love this
Grant's approach to expanding the original fanfare concept shows maturity in orchestration; he deepens harmonic texture without abandoning the directness that makes fanfares work in concert and contest settings. The piece balances accessibility with sophistication, allowing medium-advanced brass bands to sound polished and energetic while still offering layers for musicians to discover in rehearsal.
What to expect
Panoramic Fanfare moves with ceremonial brightness and architectural purpose. The expanded harmonic palette creates moments of surprising warmth alongside the traditional brass fanfare splendor, evoking both the excitement of processional pageantry and the contemplative depth of a landscape unfolding.
Who it's for
Medium-advanced brass bands preparing for contests, festivals, or concert performances. Groups with secure fundamentals in intonation and articulation will thrive with the harmonic richness Grant offers, and the two-minute duration makes this ideal for festival programs or as an opener at formal concerts.
How to get the most out of it
- Balance the expanded harmonic colors by ensuring inner voices don't overshadow the melodic line; this isn't a chorale, so the primary theme must cut through the richer accompaniment.
- Lock the brass sonority early by establishing a unified tuning center before adding articulation and dynamic shapes; the panoramic effect depends on blend as much as on individual voices.
- Shape phrases across the full two minutes rather than treating the piece as a series of fanfare moments; harmonic expansion suggests longer, more cantabile phrasing beneath the festive surface.
- Address any technical passages in the percussion parts during early rehearsals so they land cleanly when the full ensemble enters; they're integral to the panoramic imagery, not accompaniment details.
How to use it
Anchor a concert program with this piece as an opener or a final statement; its contest pedigree and professional performance history lend credibility to ambitious programming. It also works well paired with other contemporary works that prioritize ensemble color, as Grant's harmonic thinking invites comparison with more progressive brass band writing.
Skills your students will build
- Balancing inner harmony voices while maintaining forward melodic line
- Sustaining tone quality through rapid harmonic changes
- Articulating festive passage work with precision and unified phrasing
- Responding to dynamic shaping that requires sectional coordination
- Integrating percussion colors as essential textural elements, not optional accompaniment