Liberty for All: A Musical Journey is an enhanced, interactive CD-ROM that places musical selections within a historical timeline that runs from the American Revolution to the 20th century. Army General Tommy Franks (Ret.)., GRAMMY® award-winning artist Amy Grant, Country Music Association award winner Chely Wright, Academy Award-nominated actor and director Gary Sinise, and GRAMMY award-winning producer Richard Marx contribute narrations to the CD from the six historical eras featured. The CD-ROM includes 15 stirring musical selections that build pride while enhancing the knowledge of America’s special place in history.
Preview
This CD-ROM allows you to easily explore the musical and historical elements of this resource through an engaging interactive format. Click on the thumbnails below to see screenshots from different sections of the CD-ROM.
Track Listing
The White Cockade - Anonymous
Washington’s March - Hopkinson/Schumann
Chimes of Liberty - Goldman
Liberty Bell March - Sousa
American Salute - Gould/Lang
Stephen Foster Medley - Foster/Nestico
George M. - Cohan/Jolly
Hands Across the Sea - Sousa
God Bless America - Berlin/Knox
Semper Fidelis - Sousa
Victory at Sea - Rodgers
Eternal Father - Dykes/Smith
Taps - Butterfield/Knox
When Honor Whispers and Shouts - McBeth
The Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa
The Marines’ Hymn - Offenbach/Phillips
The Star Spangled Banner - Key
MENC Member Reviews
"I believe the CD-ROM will be a valuable resource to many of the MENC membership. General music teachers at every level can easily incorporate this product into the classroom. Band directors will also find the historical information helpful, but additionally have an outstanding performance model (in the form of the United States Marine Band) for their students."
-- Robert Mainhart
"As an elementary teacher, I can see using this with all grades, connecting it to their social studies curriculum, particularly with grades 4 - 6."
-- Maria Schwab
"This CD is very well done. It is easy to navigate and it addresses several national music standards. Great CD for classroom and music teachers."
-- Denese Odegaard
"[T]he selections will be useful in the vocal-general, general music, choral, and instrumental settings. They certainly would be useful to classroom teachers as well since they correlate with historic happenings and can be used as a supplement to further study. I especially liked the selections, the quality of the recording and interpretation, and the fact that they were recorded by a service band."
-- Marcus Neiman
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Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
A portion of the proceeds from sales of the CD-ROM will go to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation of volunteer men and women dedicated to providing financial assistance in the form of scholarships for higher education to deserving sons and daughters of United States Marines and children of former Marines. Visit www.marine-scholars.org to learn more.
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