PROGRAM NOTE
This is a blues arrangement of the traditional hymn Amazing Grace (S.A.S.B. 453). The soloists’ section is intended to represent a band testimony where they “testify” to God’s grace in their lives.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Ty Watson is a Salvationist from Brampton, Ontario. He completed his formal education at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, graduating with a Bachelor of Music Education and a Bachelor of Education. Ty is a music educator at Heart Lake Secondary School where he is the Head of Arts and Band Director. He is a composer and arranger of both brass and concert band music with published works in the Netherlands, New Zealand, Belgium, England and Canada. Ty is a member of the Canadian Staff Band. He attends the Meadowlands Corps with his wife, Melody.