James Curnow has adapted his popular concert band work for the Flex-Band format. This patriotic symphonic rhapsody utilizes a lyric style along with various moods and textures as it intertwines original themes with fragments of America the Beautiful. Instrumentation: CONDUCTOR SCORE (FULL SCORE) PT.1 - FLUTE PT.1 - OBOE PT.1 - BB CLARINET/BB TRUMPET PT.1 - VIOLIN PT.2 - BB CLARINET/BB TRUMPET PT.2 - EB ALTO SAXOPHONE PT.2 - VIOLIN PT.3 - BB CLARINET PT.3 - BB TENOR SAXOPHONE PT.3 - EB ALTO SAX/ALTO CLAR. PT.3 - F HORN PT.3 - VIOLIN PT.3 - VIOLA PT.4 - BB TENOR SAX/BAR. T.C. PT.4 - F HORN PT.4 - TROMBONE/BAR. B.C./BSN. PT.4 - CELLO PT.5 - BB BASS CLARINET PT.5 - TROMBONE/BAR. B.C./BSN. PT.5 - BARITONE T.C. PT.5 - CELLO PT.5 - EB BARITONE SAXOPHONE PT.5 - TUBA PT.5 - STRING/ELECTRIC BASS PERCUSSION 1 PERCUSSION 2 MALLET PERCUSSION TIMPANI