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Cliff Croomes, conductor
Ryan George
Portrait in Jade
George Gershwin
Theme from Rhapsody in Blue
Dennis Llinas
Cajon’s Reverb
Douglas Henderson, conductor
Joseph Schwantner
From A Dark Millennium
Adolphus Hailstork
American Guernica
Donald Grantham
Southern Harmony
John Fremgen, director
New jazz works from members of the ensemble.
Emily Warren and T.j. Anderson, guest conductors
Ebonee Thomas, flute
Seraph Brass
Lindsay Bronnenkant
Tarot
Anthony DiLorenzo
Chimera
John Corigliano
Pied Piper Fantasy
Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
Morgan Low, trumpet
Layan Atieh, horn
Lauren Casey-Clyde, trombone
Robyn Black, tuba
Winners of the American Prize in Chamber Music, the group has been praised for its “beautiful sounds" (American Record Guide), "fine playing” (Gramophone), and “staggeringly high caliber of performance” (Textura). Seraph Brass performs a diverse body of repertoire, ranging from original transcriptions to newly commissioned works and core classics.
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World Premiere of Downwind
On July 16, 1945, New Mexicans awoke to Trinity, the world’s first nuclear test. Manhattan Project leaders did not inform residents, despite tens of thousands living nearby. In the years that followed, people in the surrounding areas began to report serious health issues. These individuals would be known as “Downwinders.” Downwind is the story of these people.
This opera is a world premiere, written by students Michael Smith and Demian Galvan, who traveled to New Mexico to help bring this story to life. Smith writes, “While the family in our opera is fictional, the reality that they face is not.” Full Story
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Michael Robert Smith on Writing the Opera Downwind
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