Ethan Boxley interviewed by KUNC about “Fanfare for National Anthem”

KUNC editor Stacy Nick interviews Ethan Boxley, Northwestern University music composition student, about his commissioned “Fanfare for the National Anthem.” The piece, featuring the anthem in G major, will premiere at the City of Fort Collins’ Fourth of July celebration at City Park.

“I really thought, well, here’s my chance to harmonize this timeless, patriotic classic in a way that can really stir people’s emotions,” Boxley said.

The goal was to do that in a way that keeps the song’s swelling emotion, he said, but that also makes it possible for people to get swept up in the music and sing, rather than worry about hitting all the right notes.

“Sometimes in composing it feels like you’re trying to communicate the flood of emotion that you feel so that other people will hear your music and feel that, too,” he said.

http://www.kunc.org/post/psychiatrist-lobbies-anthem-key-change-turn-america-home-brave