HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We have added some exciting new perks to our IndieGoGo campaign for our Flyways project including:
**A 1-hour Skype Saxophone lesson with seven-time GRAMMY Award-winner Paul Winter!
** VIP Seating for the 19th Annual Summer Solstice Celebration at St. John the Divine Cathedral on Saturday, June 21st followed by a Private Meal with Paul Winter !
MORE ABOUT THE 19TH ANNUAL SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION
In early morning there’s a sense of timelessness and possibility.
When I’m awake in the darkness before dawn – as the birds begin to sing, and the Earth prepares for the Sun – I feel as if life is beginning again. There’s something magical about that virgin time, when we’re free of our habitual patterns and obligations. My dream of evoking this feeling in music was the original inspiration for Summer Solstice.
We begin playing in total darkness at 4:30 a.m. within the awesome space and acoustics of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. We embark on a continuous two-hour musical journey, with players stationed in distant corners or moving among the audience. Somewhere near the halfway point, listeners gradually realize that the Cathedral’s great stained-glass windows are beginning to illuminate. The light joins the sound to carry us into the first dawning of summer.
The musicians this year will comprise a new “summer consort,” with Eugene Friesen, cello; John Clark, French horn; Marcus Rojas, tuba; Tim Brumfield, organ; yours truly on soprano sax; along with four percussionists. We will be creating a new stage set and audience configuration this year. The audience will be seated in concentric circles under the great dome, surrounded by the musicians and instruments, including our nine huge Balinese Gamelan gongs, and other large percussion instruments.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLORE SOME OF OUR NEW PERKS AND SUPPORT FLYWAYS!