American composer and pianist George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) composed a lot of entertainment music in addition to serious music (think of his “Piano Concerto,” “American in Paris” and his “Porgy and Bess”). He wrote many songs, which still hold repertoire today. Three of these were selected by Wil van der Beek and adapted for flex 4 performance of them. In terms of difficulty, they are at the upper level of our "young band / flexible instrumentation" series.

“Scandal Walk”, for the 1920 George...