AN AMERICAN ANTHEM

Original Music by Samuel Augustus Ward and Anonymous
Lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates and Francis Scott Key

Musical Arrangement by Allan E. Naplan

SSA Choir with Piano and French horn
Boosey & Hawkes

Chorus with Orchestra
Lucas Richman, Orchestrator
LeDor Publishing

Served as inaugural wake-up song for NASA astronauts on Space Shuttle Columbia, Mission STS-107, 2003

Performed as the national anthem for the 9-11 Ground Zero 10th anniversary memorial event, attended by Presidents Barak Obama and George W. Bush, 2011

Performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra and other choral/orchestra ensembles.

Commissioned by the Texas Choral Directors Association, 2002