Project Tag: piano

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”

What the Stars Saw on the Prairie

Jason McKinney collaborated with pianist and composer Kathleen Ryan to create an arrangement of What the Stars Saw on the Prairie for piano and winds. To read more about their collaboration, please visit the Manitou-Zine article. Originally from Kathleen’s solo piano album A Handful… Continue Reading “What the Stars Saw on the Prairie”

Highlights from “Music Speaks”

This video contains many musical highlights from our spring 2017 Music Speaks program: Pastoral — Vincent Persichetti Der Hirt auf dem Felsen — Franz Schubert Travel Notes 2, I. “In an air-balloon” — Richard Rodney Bennett Travel Notes 2, IV: “Car Chase” — Richard… Continue Reading “Highlights from “Music Speaks””