Teddy Abrams, the conductor and composer on this album, is also an acclaimed pianist and clarinetist.
This album was recorded on April 19, 2016, by Brandon Johnson and John Newton at Whitney Hall in the Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, KY.
The works on this album relate to American populism and iconoclasm as a central theme.
Storm Large, a vocalist featured on this album, gained national prominence as a contestant on the CBS show 'Rock Star: Supernova'.
The Louisville Orchestra has a special history of creating and recording new works, notably through a commissioning program started in 1948.
The album explores the binding artistic properties of music, deliberately joining together styles in a pluralistic, or American, way.
Storm Large, a vocalist on this album, made her Carnegie Hall debut singing Weill's Seven Deadly Sins with the Detroit Symphony.
