Shout from Come Sunday - Omar Thomas - Triangle Wind Ensemble

The Triangle Wind Ensemble performs Shout from Omar Thomas' Come Sunday. Recorded on November 13, 2022 at the Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC. Evan Feldman, conductor.
Concert program: www.trianglewind.org/program-...
Program Notes:
Come Sunday by Omar Thomas is "a two-movement tribute to the Hammond organ's central role in black worship services. The first movement, Testimony, follows the Hammond organ as it readies the congregation's hearts, minds, and spirits to receive The Word via a magical union of Bach, blues, jazz, and R&B. The second movement, Shout! is a virtuosic celebration-the frenzied and joyous climactic moments when The Spirit has taken over the service. The title is a direct nod to Duke Ellington, who held an inspired love for classical music and allowed it to influence his own work in a multitude of ways" -program note by the composer
Omar Thomas was born in New York in 1984, earned a Master of Music degree in Jazz Composition at the New England Conservatory of Music, and was appointed, while still a student, Assistant Professor of Harmony at the Berklee College of Music at the age of 23. Following his Berklee tenure, he served on the faculty of the Music Theory department at The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Now a Yamaha Master Educator, he is currently an Assistant Professor of Composition and Jazz Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

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