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Do you know about STORMQuest for younger Orchestras?
That We Might Live...
is not yet scheduled for recording.
Please
also read: That We Might Live... by Grace C. Nash. I did
not know this book existed until long after writing both this
work and KAKEHASHI:
That We Might Live. And the SYNC? It's enormous!
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"Steve, We rendered "That We Might Live" last night. It was amazing! Your music was the central piece for the evenings performance,
which
included works like: Mendelssohn's War March of the Priests,
Grieg's
Funeral March, Sousa's Semper Fidelis...among others. The
concert was even more special for me, because last night was
the first time that the students rendered this piece of music without it being an "academic" pursuit. Finally,
they just "let go" and chose to simply embrace the
music.....it brought out truly powerful emotions for me and
the audience. It was like something just clicked with the
orchestra....and all of a sudden they all realized simultaneously
what this music was really about. You should have heard both
the horn and violin soli near the beginning of the piece......my
heart melted! Thank you so much for writing music that is
not only REAL, but challenges our students
to be sensitive, caring, and thoughtful individuals." Scott Hensil Orchestra Director- AP Music Theory, CB West HS & CB South HS
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