5′ / Concert Band / $45 PDF Score and Parts

This piece was written as a thank you to those that supported and helped throughout my undergraduate degree at the University of Akron. Without their constant need to push me everyday I wouldn’t be the musician I find myself to be today. Guzzetta Hall would not be what it is today without the people that dedicate their time to this profession.

Close beside Cuyahoga’s waters, stream of amber hue

O’er old Buchtel Summit’s glory, waves the gold and blue

Hail we Akron! Sound her praises, speed them on the gale

Ever stand our Alma Mater, Akron hail, all hail!

Alma Mater is dedicated to the University of Akron School of Music Class of 2023.

University of Akron Symphonic Band; Gretchen Pohlman-Bassett, conductor