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Alchemical Birds II. Swan

Octavio Vazquez

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Released: 2020
Genre: Contemporary Classical

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Alchemical Birds II. Swan -:-- / 0:30

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Two works which paint vivid portraits of birds by composers Natalie Draper and Octavio Vazquez

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Ghost Light Live Stream CD Release Concert! April 9 at 4 pm EST March 16, 2021
Welcome to our new intern, Drew! March 15, 2021
3 New Videos From Our Fall Residency With Swarthmore College! February 22, 2021
📣 Announcing our 4th album, Ghost Light, out April 9, 2021 on New Focus Recordings February 14, 2021
Out today! 🐦 BIRDS EP on Bandcamp, Spotify, & iTunes January 7, 2021

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About yesterday's album release...💛💛💛 #gh

About yesterday's album release...💛💛💛 #ghostlight

Thank you for making our album release of Ghost Light yesterday & our live stream concert so special! If you haven't listened to our album yet, we'd love for you to hear it!

💿Check out Ghost Light on Bandcamp, iTunes, or Spotify today!

🔗 Visit the link in our bio to get the album!⁠ 🔗⁠

A massive THANK YOU to all of the album's composers (Stacy Garrop, Michael Gilbertson, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Theo Chandler, & Jeff Scott) for joining us live, for the album illustrator Ashton Springer for joining us all the way from Sweden, for Marsha Music and her wonderful poetry, and for the folks behind the scenes who made the live stream all possible ~ Dave Schall Acoustic, Drew Hosler, Corey Robinson, the folks at Tipping Point Theatre for lending us their beautiful ghost light, and the wonderful First Presbyterian Church of Ypsilanti for hosting us!

@newfocusrecordings @unfinishedside @gilbyonthebeach @niloufar.nourbakhsh @jeffscott9167⁠⁠⁠
@marsha_music ⁠⁠@slypupproductions @dee_schizzo⁠⁠⁠
@ashton_springer @iparkct @chambermusicamerica⁠
@karidlandry @tgocks @ryanreynoldsbassoon @andrewkoeppe @akropolis5tet

🔥Ghost Light is OUT TODAY!! Our 4th album is ou

🔥Ghost Light is OUT TODAY!! Our 4th album is out on @newfocusrecordings and is available on iTunes, Bandcamp, Spotify, & more! ⁠
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🔗 Visit the link in our bio to get the album!⁠ 🔗⁠
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iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/ghost-light/1556923233⁠
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Bandcamp: https://akropolisreedquintet.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-light⁠
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4bm84xL64RtIEuAuS9neUf?si=T5KU7mxoRWOeeJnBU5GeWg&nd=1⁠
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💛 We've poured our hearts and souls into this album. A true labor of love over the past three years, we hope you enjoy all of this music that means so much to us. Thanks to everyone for your support and we hope you enjoy listening to Ghost Light!⁠
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p.s. Come to our FREE live streamed album release concert today! Just register at the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️⁠
https://akropolisquintet.org/ghostlight-livestream/⁠
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@unfinishedside @gilbyonthebeach @niloufar.nourbakhsh @jeffscott9167⁠⁠⁠
@marsha_music ⁠⁠@slypupproductions @dee_schizzo⁠⁠⁠
@ashton_springer @iparkct @chambermusicamerica⁠
@karidlandry @tgocks @ryanreynoldsbassoon @andrewkoeppe @akropolis5tet

Jeff Scott! Meet the composers behind Ghost Light!

Jeff Scott! Meet the composers behind Ghost Light!. Jeff Scott wants you to snag not 1...not 2...but 10 🙌 copies of 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕!⁠⁠
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Closing our album, "Homage to Paradise Valley" by Jeff Scott is the longest work on the album, and is interwoven with original poetry by self-described Detroitist, Marsha Music. ⁠⁠
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These two works are rooted in the history of the predominantly Black neighborhoods of Black Bottom and Paradise Valley in Detroit. Together, they offer a reflection on the life and death of these neighborhoods and the way in which their contributions – musical, personal, and historical – impact us today.⁠⁠
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Join us, Jeff, & Marsha this Friday for our live stream CD release concert! ⭐ Pre Order CD / Register for our Live Stream Release Show on 4.9 www.akropolisquintet.org/ghostlight⁠⁠
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Homage to Paradise Valley was commissioned by Akropolis and Chamber Music America, made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2019. ⁠⁠
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@newfocusrecordings @unfinishedside @jeffscott9167⁠⁠⁠ @marsha_music ⁠⁠@slypupproductions @dee_schizzo⁠⁠⁠ @ashton_springer⁠⁠⁠ @iparkct @chambermusicamerica

Theo Chandler! Meet the composers behind Ghost Lig

Theo Chandler! Meet the composers behind Ghost Light!. Meet the composers behind 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕! "Seed to Snag" by Theo Chandler is an exploration of the lifecycle of organic matter. ⁠⁠
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(p.s. Theo also reveals how hard he thinks the piece is to perform 😅💦!) ⁠⁠
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The 1st movement, 🌱 Sprout, evokes birds and other natural sounds, as the music evolves organically representing the slow emergence of plants. The 2nd movement, Stretch, features a virtuosic bassoon solo played brilliantly by our own Ryan Reynolds, and the final movement, Sow, represents seeds as they fall from a tree and spread to the earth before ending with a recapitulation of material from the first movement as the life cycle begins again.⁠⁠
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Join us & Theo this Friday for our live stream release concert! ⁠⁠
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⭐ Pre Order CD / Register for our Live Stream Release Show on 4.9 www.akropolisquintet.org/ghostlight⁠⁠
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Seed to Snag was commissioned by I-Park Foundation, Inc. for Akropolis as a part of their Composers + Performers Collaborative Residency in 2018. ⁠⁠
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@newfocusrecordings @unfinishedside @jeffscott9167⁠⁠⁠ @marsha_music ⁠⁠@slypupproductions @dee_schizzo⁠⁠⁠ @ashton_springer⁠⁠⁠ @iparkct⁠⁠
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