Schools (now part of the Guilford County Schools), under the direct supervision of ABA member Herbert Hazelman. In Greensboro, Chance was able to understand the limitations of high school students and was then able to compose for them. His first major wind ensemble composition, Incantation and Dance, was composed and performed during his residency with Greensboro Senior High School. Because of Chance's obligations of working with the entire district, he had to write music for many different grade levels. Chance composed thoughtful and involved music for percussion sections, which is something that most composers would not do at that time. Because of his contributions to writing more involved percussion music, more composers began to follow in his footsteps. One of the reasons that Chance made such an impression on the students he mentored, conducted, and composed for, was his ability to take an interest in what the students wanted to learn. After his tenure at Greensboro, Chance found that his prior thoughts on only being a composer had changed, and that he was interested in becoming a music educator. Works Symphony No. 1, orchestra (1956) Overture to a Fairy Tale, orchestra (1957) Credo, trumpet and piano (1959) Incantation and Dance, concert band (premiered 11/16/1960; originally titled Nocturne and Dance) Fiesta!, orchestra (premiered 12/7/1961); transcribed for concert band by Herbert Hazelman (premiered 5/15/1975) Satiric Suite, string orchestra (premiered 3/23/1961) Blessed are They that Mourn, from Biblical text, chorus, horn, strings, and percussion (premiered 12/8/1960) The Noiseless, Patient Spider, text from Walt Whitman, female choir and flutes (1961) Alleluia, mixed chorus and concert band (premiered 3/1/1962) 3 Songs, text e. e. cummings, soprano, flute, and piano (1962) Ballad and March, on American traditional texts, mixed chorus and concert band (premiered 4/19/1961) Introduction and Capriccio, wind ensemble with piano (premiered 3/23/1961) Variations on a Korean Folk Song, concert band (premiered 3/11/1966); transcribed for orchestra by Robert Longfield (2006) Kyrie and Alleluia, chorus and orchestra (1967) Blue Lake Overture, concert band (1971) Elegy, concert band (1972), transcribed for orchestra by D. Wilson Ochoa (1997) Symphony No. 2, wind ensemble (1972) - (Allegro Energico movement premiered 11/15/1961) Burletta, a chromatic piece Overture to a Musical Comedy, concert band (premiered 5/23/1962) (published 1997 with slight title change: Overture for a Musical Comedy) WGOOM March, concert band (premiered 1/12/1961) (incorporated into Overture To A Musical Comedy 1962) Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled, (written in Greensboro) Concerto