Marcha de Galvez

Marcha de Galvez was commissioned by the LSU Bicentennial Program Office and is dedicated to the LSU A Cappella Choir. The piece was premiered on April 30, 1976, at the LSU Union Theater . The concert was in observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Baton Rouge campus of LSU, the Anniversary of the Statehood of Louisiana, the Signing of the Louisiana Purchase, the Inauguration of George Washington, and the Bicentennial Celebration of the United States of America. The piece recites the deeds of Governor Galvez, who won a battle fought on the outskirts of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.