Project Tag: Jason McKinney
Highlights from “Sail Away Summer”
This video contains excerpts from several numbers presented in our “Sail Away Summer” program:Is This a Poem? (world premiere) by J.T. McKinney“Word Search” from Seven Unfinished Stories by J.T. McKinneySeven Bagatelles: V. Game by Peter SchickeleThe Old Ash Tree by J.T. McKinneyDavid Bradley Beaton’s… Continue Reading “Highlights from “Sail Away Summer””
Story VI. Shades of Blue
From the Found Objects concert at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City, May 11, 2019. Jan Ross performs “Story VI: Shades of Blue”, from the collection Seven Unfinished Stories by J.T. McKinney. Our performance was paired with the music which inspired each story: Seven Bagatelles… Continue Reading “Story VI. Shades of Blue”
Ten Blake Songs
From the Found Objects concert at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City, May 11, 2019. Special guest soprano Emily Curtin Culler and Jason McKinney perform V. The Lamb and VI. The Shepherd from “Ten Blake Songs” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. To read more about Emily… Continue Reading “Ten Blake Songs”
The Wedding Suite: Sunset Roses
From our debut album, First Flight, here’s the second movement from Jason’s The Wedding Suite entitled “Sunset Roses”. The Wedding Suite is a four-movement work for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and piano. From the Mozart-esque processional to the emotional roller-coaster of the recessional,… Continue Reading “The Wedding Suite: Sunset Roses”
Winter’s Coming Home
Recorded live at our 2018 Winter Songs & Carols concert at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City. Winter’s Coming Home (Gregory Norbett, arr. J.T. McKinney) with special guest Emily Curtin Culler, soprano. NOTE: This performance was captured on amateur video by Sean Duperron, edited by… Continue Reading “Winter’s Coming Home”
A Manitou Christmas Medley
Recorded live at our 2018 Winter Songs & Carols concert at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City. A Manitou Christmas Medley contains eight Christmas tunes, arranged for eight different instruments, performed by five musicians, in eleventy different styles! For more information about this unique medley… Continue Reading “A Manitou Christmas Medley”
A Fine Winter’s Day
Hear the premiere performance of A Fine Winter’s Day, recorded live at our 2018 Winter Songs & Carols concert at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City. A Fine Winter’s Day was composed by Jason, inspired by a full day of sledding with his nieces in… Continue Reading “A Fine Winter’s Day”
Winter on Wheels
From the 2018 Winter Songs & Carols concert at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City. Jan Ross reads Winter on Wheels, an essay written by Jason in 2011 for the blog Tales of Thyme & Place. For more photos from the fateful bicycle trip, visit… Continue Reading “Winter on Wheels”
St. Basil’s Hymn
Recorded live at our 2018 Winter Songs & Carols concert at Grace Episcopal Church. St. Basil’s Hymn, arranged by Jason. For more information about this unique piece, read the Manitou-Zine article. NOTE: This performance was captured on amateur video by Sean Duperron, edited by… Continue Reading “St. Basil’s Hymn”
Beidh Aonach Amárach
Recorded live in concert at the Elizabeth Lane Oliver Art Center in Frankfort, MI for our program A Celtic Summertide. This is the third and final movement of Jason’s Irish song cycle, “Trà Amhráin as Éirinn” (Three Irish Songs): Beidh Aonach Amárach (There Will… Continue Reading “Beidh Aonach Amárach”