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This concerto was composed for my good friend Giovanni De Chiaro, and was commissioned by the Shreveport Summer Music Festival, where it premiered. The title "Concierto de Chiaro" is one with multiple meanings and combines words of Spanish and Italian origins. First, of course, it is a homage to John's name, but chiaro also means light in Italian, and indeed the work has a certain feeling of light and lightness to it, as one would experience on a walk through a forest on a sunny day. There is a hint of Spanish style within the music as well, which is my way of reflecting the great connection between Spanish culture and the history of the guitar. The piece has been performed with numerous orchestras, and John and I recorded it with the London Symphony Orchestra in January of 2017 for the Centaur label.
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In 1983, Ronald Reagan signed into law a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, the holiday was first formally observed by the federal government. In response to the growing number of musical celebrations surrounding the holiday, Anthony McDonald published in 1996 the first edition of The Catalog of Music Written in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Now, more than a decade since its second edition in 1999, McDonald presents his definitive third edition of the catalog. McDonald organizes information on music suitable for concert performances by symphony orchestras, school music departments, church choirs, or solo performers, including works that celebrate not only ...
Abstracts, letters, previously published materials dealing with the descendants of William Wilson and Elizabeth Blackburn as well as information on the Friend and Skidmore families.
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