Starfire Fanfare is intended to evoke the feel and sound of cinematic scores for space opera films and games, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Halo, and others. The 6/8 time gives the music a feeling of adventure and boldness that is particular to that meter. The orchestration of the work was designed to simultaneously double lines to increase the confidence of young musicians, but to still have color-specific moments to sound more mature than the typical developing band work. Starfire Fanfare is the first in a series of works that will comprise a larger piece entitled �The Galactic Empire,� all for Grade 1 ensembles, depicting my own �space opera� for young band.
