Project Overview

In June 2023, Dr. Melanie Brooks Dinh, Director of Bands at Winona State University, and I met to discuss the 47th Annual High School Honor Band Festival to be held at WSU in November 2024. I was invited to serve a composer-in-residence for the festival and compose a new work for concert band.

I mentioned a crazy idea that had been percolating in my mind for a few years – a piece combining traditional band and music technology that could be performed in realtime while not relying on a "click track" giving the conductor and performers expressive freedom in the performance. Read the original proposal on the NARRATIVE page.

Together, we applied for a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. In March 2024, our project was awarded $10,000 and the project became a reality.

The goal of this website is to keep all stakeholders updated from beginning to end.

You can follow along on the PROGRESS pages.

I am thrilled and honored to have the chance to bring this dream to life with the assistance of WSU students, faculty, and many other colleagues. 

Premiere weekend – November 2 & 3, 2024

High School Honor Band Festival - Sat. Nov.  2, 2024 - 5 p.m.

WSU Wind Ensemble - Sun. Nov. 3, 2024 - 2 p.m

DuFresne Performing Arts Center
Winona State University
450 Johnson Street
Winona, MN 55987

Both performances are free and all are welcome to attend!