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"Ride" by Jeff Cannon
Official Lyrics - Official Audio .mp3
School Marching Band Score - Marching Band .mp3
Choral Arrangement Score - Choir .mp3
School Orchestra Score - Orchestra .mp3
Concert Band Score - Concert .mp3
Vocal and Choir Score - Vocal .mp3
Piano/Voice/Guitar Sheet Music - Piano/Voice/Guitar .mp3
Piano/Voice Sheet Music - Piano/Voice .mp3
More versions: Sibelius, WAV, Mp3, and scores can be found here - Bloomington Community Song Google Drive
About the Bloomington Community Song
The Bloomington Community Song was commissioned in 2018 as part of the City of Bloomington’s bicentennial celebration. Artists from throughout the area were invited to submit project proposals, and after several rounds of narrowing, Jeff Cannon was selected as composer. His song, Ride, reveals a richly familiar Bloomington, an inexplicably fertile place where progressive and traditional values coexist harmoniously, where life is about the living.
The Bloomington Community Song project is offered here as a model community art project. To date, the BCS has brought together more than 30 local artists in the assembly of materials, with many more to come through performances and other uses of the song. To arrange a free performance/teach-in of the song at your event or for your civic organization, or to obtain additional assistance or support of your performance or version of Ride, please contact Jeff Cannon at cannonfolk@gmail.com.
Official Lyrics
Ride (The Bloomington Song)
By Jeff Cannon
I took a ride with the world at my side
Through the hills and the fields and the skies
Where the sun warms that part of my Bloomington heart
Where I hold precious memories apart
It fills and I grow
Like higher things that flower
In these hills of Monroe
With roots below and room enough to rise
Won’t you come and ride with me through these Indiana streets
Past the limestone, the hearth and the home
Where the families of today still remember yesterday
Yes we always remember our way
And so we ride, we don’t race
And we wish this gift of grace for the world
From our Bloomington home.
Remember when you chased the sun around
Until you finally reached the light?
Your letter said, “Give me the comfort and
The breeze of our Indiana ride.”
And so we ride, we don’t race
And we wish this gift of grace for the world
From our Bloomington home
Yes we ride, we don’t race
And we wish this gift of grace for the world
From our Bloomington home
Participating Artists
Jeff Cannon, composer, producer and project manager, vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, actor
Kuan-Yi Lu, pianist and arranger
Sarah Flint, female demo vocalist
Oscar Ban, marching band score arranger
Stephen Shannon, choral demo arranger
Michael Grubb, parade choral arranger, singer
Nicole DiPaolo, arranger, choral version score
Steve Sobiech, piano score transcription
Maggie Olivo, MCCSC music and children’s choir director
Sean Staples, mandolin, official version
Michael Lindeau, fiddle
Susan Anderson, fiddle, official version
Jamey Reid, drums and percussion, official version
Jenn Cristy, vocals and piano, official version
Jake Belser, Primary Sound Studios, engineer, all versions
Matt Romy, piano, official version
Ron Kadish, bass guitar, official version
Keith Skooglund, electric guitars, official version
Kolten Heeren, arranger, orchestra and concert band scores
Alex Weiss Hills, piano accordion, official version
Aaron Shafer, director, official version video
Mikaya Rogers, actor, official video
Yvonne Furnish, actor & production assistant
Jason fruits, assistant director, official video
Rachel Glago, actor, official version
Brian Muehlhaus, antique car owner, official video
McDermott-Sipe family, location homeowners, official video
Bob Dubinsky, Bloomington High School South, school bands consultant
Janis Stockhouse, Bloomington High School North, school bands consultant
Farm Bloomington, 4th of July truck loan, sponsors
Sally Gaskill, choral singer
Daisy Chew, choral singer
Brenda McNellen, choral singer
Dana Cattani, choral singer
Vicky King, choral singer
Michael Grubb, choral arranger, singer
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University-Bloomington, sound recording studio, tracking for official version