EVERYTHING STARTS FROM A DOT
Everything Starts From a Dot was selected as a test piece for the Irish National Band Championships held recently. Click on the title to link to a YouTube video of Dublin Concert Band’s performance.
The piece was commissioned by Dr. Matthew J George for the University of St, Thomas Wind Ensemble (St. Paul, Mn.) and thanks to the efforts of Jeff Mathews at Cane River Music has since been placed on the Texas Prescribed Music List (Which is a good thing!).
The piece takes its title from a quote by the Russian artist, Wassily Kandinsky and each of the three movements was written as a musical reaction to one of Kandinsky’s paintings. It’s not the first time that I have turned to Kandinsky for inspiration, but I will write about that another time.
Here are YouTube links to the excellent recording by the University of St. Thomas Wind Ensemble (Matthew George cond.) on their Naxos album, The Other Side