Commissioned for a premiere performance at the Texas Music Educators Association 2000 convention, Joseph Martin's Come to the Music is alive and electric with driving rhythm, memorable melodies,

Teaching opportunities abound in this irresistible setting of a traditional American folk tune. The modal melody is pentatonic, the easy ostinato-like countermelodies make part-singing a snap, and there is

A celebratory, highly rhythmic composition. The Swahili title means "We are one" - meaning all human beings have much in common. The energetic djembe sets the tone, the piano adds its own rhythmic design,