A Lifetime of Music

Overview

Centuries of music are transformed into works for winds in A Lifetime of Music, beginning with Cindy McTee’s dynamic and whirling Notezart. Hidden inside are diverse musical styles: 12-tone passages are interwoven with quartal and quintal harmonies, quasi-Renaissance courtly dances, and even a nod to Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. The resplendent tones of the organ are emulated in Florence Price’s lush and romantic Adoration, a serene, introspective masterpiece written during the twilight of the composer’s life. Paul Hindemith’s magnificent tour de force, Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber, concludes the first half of the program with its thunderous March, the culmination of four movements that collectively showcase the vitality and virtuosity of the wind ensemble.

Exceptional middle school musicians from the Chicagoland area join us on the second half of the program for our 20th annual Lifetime of Music event featuring a new work by Omar Thomas, Frank Ticheli’s meditative Earth Song, and Kevin Day’s energy-packed Rocketship!

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