The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, featured on this album, has a long history of excellence and has performed with musicians such as Aaron Copland and Percy Grainger.
Composition History
David Maslanka's "Liberation" was commissioned by the Japan Wind Ensemble Conductors Conference and premiered in March 2010 by the Hikarigaoka Girls High School Wind Orchestra and Chorus.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Aaron Perrine's "In the Open Air, In the Silent Lines" was inspired by a portion of the preface to Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," which he felt was an elegant, idealistic call to action fitting for the country's political climate.
Composer Biography
David Maslanka, one of the composers on this album, was a prolific composer for wind band, with over 50 pieces for wind ensemble among his more than 150 works.
Compositional Technique
Kevin Walczyk's Symphony No. 5: Freedom from Fear - Images from the Shoreline uses melodic and harmonic motifs derived from the musically ciphered words 'Courage' and 'Freedom from Fear' as unifying elements throughout all movements.
Composition History
Kevin Walczyk's Symphony No. 5: Freedom from Fear - Images from the Shoreline was commissioned by Reach Out Kansas in response to the world immigration crisis.
Recording & Production
This album, "Freedom from Fear," was recorded in April and October 2018 at the Lied Center of Kansas, USA, with Scott Weiss as producer.
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