Fanfare Gratiam (meaning Fanfare of Thankfulness) is the perfect piece for your next concert. Use it to honor someone special in the audience. After the heroic and grandiose fanfare strains, the music calms for the statement of the community’s hymn-like expression of gratitude—still playful, always loving, but still quick and uplifting. The works concludes with a musical hug—where the band, starting with the lowest instruments, completely expands to its maximum range over an unchanging, E-flat pedal.