The Aquarium
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What a week. Yesterday my tenant's sewer backed up (surprise!), Johnny Damon double-stole during Game 4 (?!), and concert:nova asked a few composers to write a movement for their ensemble based on the title of a movement from Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals.
Here are the composers involved in the project.
▪ "Introduction" - Xie Wenhui
▪ "The Royal March of the Lion" - Jeff Silva
▪ "The Cocks and Hens" - Charles Coleman
▪ "The Wild Animals " - Danny Clay
▪ "The Turtle" - George Flynn
▪ "The Elephant" - Inez McComas
▪ "The Kangaroo" - Jerod Sommerfeldt
▪ "The Aquarium" - Jennifer Jolley
▪ "The Mule" - Juan Campoverde
▪ "The Cuckoo in the Wind" - Douglas Knehans
▪ "The Birds" - Mara Helmuth
▪ "The Pianists" - Kurt Westerberg
▪ "The Fossils" - Michael Fiday
▪ "The Swan" - Douglas Pew
▪ "The Grand Finale" - Joel Hoffman
The concert is slated for early May, so more details will follow. In the meantime, I now have an excuse to purchase an annual pass to the Newport Aquarium. Scuba Santa arrives on No…
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