Listen to the Lambs (2018)

difficulty: medium

duration: ca. 4’40

instrumentation: concert band

This transcription for wind band is a take on the R. Nathaniel Dett choral work of the same title. Nathaniel Dett’s work inspires me. Growing up, I did not know of the great classical works that composers of African descent created. The purpose of its transcription is to start a much needed conversation regarding the greatness that African American men and women have displayed as classical musicians and composers.