This composition, with a duration of 9 minutes, 21 seconds, includes five short movements with unique and contrasting styles and character.
1. Fanfare: dur. 1’45” The thematic material is typical of the traditional stereo-type fanfare and is born from a combination of quartal and tertian harmonies. A contrasting canonic interlude separates the beginning and ending phrases.
2. An OK Choral : dur. 2’54” The choral was first written for brass and then successfully transcribed for chorus and then re-transcribed, with some minor changes, back into a piece for brass quintet. It is labeled with the key of Db major but has difficulty in identifying with tonality and mode. It is like a homeless wanderer, knocking on various doors in search for a home and identity. It is in the final cadence that the search comes to an end in the stable key of Bb major.
3. Pocito Mexicana: dur. 1’ 58" reflects the style of the Mariachi band and the spirit of the Mexican Fiesta. The` meter alternates between 3/4 and 6/8, much the same as the Spanish dance, the Seguidilla.
4. Nostalgia: dur. 2' 10" is a simple but lyrical and flowing melody with warm harmonies all of which make for pleasant listening and a moment of reverie.
5. Surprise March: dur. 1' 33" begins with a short introduction followed by a repeated, sprightly, eight measure phrase and a slight extension or development section, followed by a fanfare introduction to the surprise, which is a variation set in a jazzy/blues style.
