Composer Hale Smith
Composer Hale Smith completed RITUAL and INCANTATIONS in 1974. It is a piece which evokes an atmosphere of mystery and, perhaps, of impending evil.
Ed Bland – PIECE FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
POLITICS of MUSIC Ed Bland was a composer and dear friend. We had extended conversations about categories of music. Growing up in Chicago, his first heroes were jazz artists such as Duke Ellington and Art Tatum. Ed Bland happened to hear a recording of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and sought to compose in newer and…
I HEAR AMERICA SINGING! Choral Music of Roy Harris
POLITICS of MUSIC American composer Roy Harris was deeply inspired by poetry of Walt Whitman. I recall Roy Harris verbatim recitation of poems from Leaves of Grass during multiple visits to his home. I HEAR AMERICA SINGING! Choral Music of Roy Harris by The Robert Wesleyan College Chorale, Robert Shewan (conductor) include Roy Harris choral music…