Three Days Till Freedom - Day 1(Servitude) for Trumpet Sextet

Composer- ChidesterLength- 5:46Difficulty- MRange – MEEndurance- MEFinger technique- MCounting ability- MEnsemble difficulty- M Bruce Chidester · Three Days Till Freedom Day 1- Servitude I seldom have the time to write original material so when that opportunity does come around, I jump at the chance. All these different notes to work with is like a kid entering a candy store; everything looks great and it is fun trying to see how all these notes can come together. The process is truly amazing when you think about the number of possibilities at one’s disposal.This piece is entitled Day 1- Servitude and has three sections which represent the beginning of a day in the life of a Negro slave around the time of the American Civil War. Further into the piece the music represents typical “work songs”, “field hollers” as well as the typical call and response used by the slaves during this period in our dark (no pun intended) history. The last section describes musically this person’s religiou