Honouring Our Veterans & Special Dates!

This November 11th is special indeed. At 11:11 Am it will be: 11/11/11 at 11:11. Please plan ahead to do something special and meaningful for our Veterans, past and present.

We are losing our World War II Veterans at the rate of over 1,000 a day. So much of the Music has in some way been a tribute to them and to all of our Veterans.

You can visit each of them at the Catalog Page.

STAR!, THOSE WHO SERVE... which are free on the downloads page.

All of STORMQUEST... which was written as a metaphor for World War II, Korea and Viet Nam. Specifically:

• COURAGE AT THE WALL OF FIRE, composed on the day Iwo Jima was taken.
• ESCAPE FROM BA-TAAN, (A hopeful counter-response to History)
• LAST OUTPOST OF FREEDOM
• TRIUMPH AT CHO-SIN, (A hopeful counter-response to History)
• A WISH TO THE WORLD
• TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING, specifically written to honour our Veterans.
• HEART OF THE HERO
• HONOR, COURAGE... COMMITMENT
• TIME TO TAKE BACK THE KNIGHTS!
• CLASS of 39' FIGHT SONG
• MONTY!
• AMERICA THE BRAVE!
• DAVID
• FINEST HOUR
• IN A CAUSE CALLED "GLORIOUS"
• IN A SERVICE BEYOND SELF
• RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY
• 111465
• All of WISH to the WORLD

As important dates approach, you may find Music which is appropriate:

• 17 January: Operation Desert Storm began. STORMWORKS
• 27 January: Signing of Viet Nam Peace Accord: STORMQUEST, A WISH TO THE WORLD
• 8 February 2005: The 73rd Birthday of Composer John Williams. Forbidden Fortress from STORMQUEST, or ERICH!, who was one of John Williams' most admired Composers.
• 10 February 2005: The 76th Birthday of Jerry Goldsmith. The Search for Truefire is a tribute to this real Hero of Music.
• 12 February: The Birthday of Lincoln. All Music above.
• 14 February: By Love Inviolate. By Love Compelled.
• 18 February: Chinese New Year & President's Day. All Above Music, and TIMESTORM, A Dance of the Wu Li Master.
• 23 February: US Marines take Iwo Jima 1945: Courage... at the Wall of Fire
• 3 March: Star Spangled Banner is made the National Anthem. Premiere and recording of WAIT of the WORLD in The Netherlands in 1999.
• 8 March: Premiere of SON of the STORM. All Music.
• 11 March: Premiere of THE FOUNTAINHEAD.
• 17 March: Saint Patrick's Day. Patrick's Rune.
• 21 March: The Birthday of JS Bach. "I" of the STORM.
• 24 March: The Day of the "Great Escape". Escape from Plato's Cave. Escape from Bataan.
• 11 April: Desert Storm Ceasefire 1991: STORMWORKS, America the Brave, many others.
• 11 April: Also on this date, the premiere of FESTIVAL of LIGHT, 50 years to the day after the first concentration camp was liberated in 1945.
• 14 April 2002: The 60th Anniversary of the Bataan Death March. ESCAPE from BA-TAAN from STORMQUEST, and Music to Honour Our Veterans... above.
• APRIL: The 150 Year Anniversary of Herman Melville's Moby Dick: AHAB!
  20 November 1820 is the actual date the Essex was attacked by a lone whale.
• 15 April: The Birthday of Leonardo DaVinci. FORM & FUNCTION from The Fountainhead.
• 18 April: The birth of Miklos Rozsa! All of the STORM Music, with special attention to HONOR, COURAGE... COMMITMENT, and LONELY is the KNIGHT.
• 29 April: The Birthday of Duke Ellington. TIME to TAKE BACK the KNIGHTS, HAJJ, SWING SLAVE, JURASSIC BLUES.
• 8 May: VE Day 1945: Many pieces from the entire Storm library!
• 10 May: Premiere of Symphony 2. The birthday of Dimitri Tiomkin & Max Steiner. GODSPEED!
• 18 May: Armed Forces Day. Music to Honour Our Veterans... above.
• 29 May: The Birthday of Erich Wolfgang Korngold! ERICH!
• 30 May: Memorial Day. Music to Honour Our Veterans... above.
• 6 June: D-Day 1944: THE FOUNTAINHEAD, A WISH TO THE WORLD, STORMQUEST
• 14 June: Flag Day. Star! Also US Army Founded 1775 Class of '39 Fight Song!
• 22 June: Pledge of Allegiance Recognized by Congress 1942 Star!
• 25 June: Korean War Began 1950: Triumph at Cho-Sin
• 29 June: The Birthday of Bernard Herrman. ESCAPE from PLATO's CAVE.
• 4 July: Star! and of course, Music to Honour Our Veterans... above.
• 7 July : The Birthday of Gustav Mahler. ESCAPE from Plato's CAVE.
• 27 July : Signing of Korean Armistice. Music to Honour Our Veterans... above. TRIUMPH at CHO-SIN.
• 4 August: US Coast Guard Established: Honor, Courage, Commitment
• 2 September: Victory in Pacific. Music to Honour Our Veterans... above.
• 11 September: THE FOUNTAINHEAD. AMERICA THE BRAVE. Trial & Terror, A WISH TO THE WORLD Many Pieces from the STORM Library, up to and including the entirety of STORM Works.
• 14 September: Star Spangled Banner written 1814: Star!
• 17 September: US Constitution approved 1787: Many pieces from the STORM Library.
• 18 September: US Air Force Established 1947: In a Service Beyond Self
• 20 September: POW & MIA Day: Twilight's Last Gleaming
• 12 October: Columbus Day. THE SHOEMAKER, An Immigrant & a Dream from A WISH to the WORLD.
• 13 October: US Navy Established 1775: Honor, Courage, Commitment
• 22 October: MacArthur returns. Music to Honour Our Veterans... above. ESCAPE from BA-TAAN.
• 10 November: US Marine Corps Established 1775: A WISH TO THE WORLD, Courage... at the Wall of Fire
• 11 November: Veterans Day. Music to Honour Our Veterans... above.
• 27 November: The Birthday of Bruce Lee. TIMESTORM, A Dance of the Wu Li Master.
• 7 December: Music to Honour Our Veterans... above.
• 16 December: The Birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. ONCE MORE UNTO the BREACH!

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