The Great Academy (Grade 2, Concert Band), by Joshua A. Idio

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Grade 2 Concert Band
The Great Academy is an overture piece composed in memory of my teaching experience in the Hoboken Public School District in Hoboken, NJ. The composition starts with a fanfare and a middle story-like section, with a main theme that imitates the vibrant and diverse urban environment of a urban schools. And then the main theme returns in a more triumphant manner, closing with the powerful fanfare. My time in the Hoboken public schools as an instrumental music teacher taught me valuable lessons about the importance of building relationships and connecting with students and teacher with a willingness to power through struggles. I learned so much about myself as a teacher and the things that I need to work on. It was only fitting that I dedicated this piece to those lessons and to the kids and staff who taught me.
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Joshua A. Idio is a Filipino-American composer, educator, conductor, and trumpeter from New Jersey. He holds a B.M in Music Education from William Paterson University and a M.A in Music Composition from Montclair State University. Idio continues to write exciting music for chamber groups, concert bands, and orchestras of all grade levels and his music continues to captivate audiences with thought-provoking and relative music in the programmatic and cinematic style. His works embody the human emotion and imagination and events happening in the current world.
Idio's music has been performed worldwide and premiered by groups ranging from middle school to universities. He is currently studying for his M.A in Music Composition at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. He is also a registered member of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) and the American Composers Forum as an active composer in the New York City area.