Universal Themes in Music explores common themes in music including: birth, love, death, and celebration using original and orchestral works.

Movement I Birth is an original composition that is fast driving and represents the excitement a family feels when a new child is brought into the world.

Movement II Love uses "Polyvestian Dances" by Borodin, to establish love as portrayed by a solo flutist and passed to the rest of the band. This can be a real show piece for your guard!

Movement III Death is based on Berlioz's "March of the Scaffold" portraying the musical emotions felt when we lose a loved one. Powerful chords and big scoring contrast a clarinet cadenza that makes this a memorable movement to your show

Movement IV Celebration uses an upbeat treatment of Beethoven's famous "Hymn to Joy" melody to bring this show to a joyous end!