The work would be
twelve to fifteen minutes in length and include a three or four movement scheme.
When the ITG set the terms of the commission, the panel gave Ewazen the
option of using a B-flat or C trumpet with limited piccolo trumpet or flugelhorn
writing.31 Ewazen chose the B-flat trumpet for this commission. The published
version would be available to any ITG member at a reduced cost from the
publisher Southern Music Company in San Antonio, Texas.