Maureen Hurd, the clarinetist, is a Brooklyn resident whose great-great-grandfather, an Irish immigrant, attended the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883.
Composer's Artistic Vision
John Mackey's "Strange Humors" attempts to merge pseudo-African hand-drumming and pseudo-Middle Eastern folk-music.
Performer Biography
The Rutgers Wind Ensemble, conducted by William Berz, has recorded 21 compact discs, which have collectively earned 33 Grammy Entry Listings.
Composition History
Michael Daugherty's "Raise the Roof" was originally composed in 2003 for timpani and orchestra, and later adapted for band in 2007.
Critical Reception
The Rutgers Wind Ensemble has been called 'the Rolls Royce of wind ensembles' by Classical New Jersey critic William Allin Storrer.
Composer Biography
Michael Daugherty, one of the composers on this album, is the son of a dance-band drummer and the oldest of five brothers, all professional musicians.
Performer Biography
Todd Quinlan, the timpanist on this recording, was a graduate student at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers when this recording was produced.
