Ryan, Elizabeth, Gary Wilson, Me

Just a day after I received the recording to Walden, I received an amazing recording of Dreamland as performed by the San Jose State University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Edward Harris. I’ve already wrote about my trip at length, so I’ll keep this short and sweet, but if you haven’t listened to any of Gary Wilson’s music (which I proudly quote in the first 12 bars of my piece), I hope the picture above will arouse your curiosity. Unfortunately, I can’t find the track that I quote (”A Very Small Town” from Mary Had Brown Hair, Stones Throw Records, 2003) on YouTube, but here’s a little taste of one of his juicier instrumental tracks:

And here is the latest performance of Dreamland:

DREAMLAND (DOWNLOAD MP3)
San Jose State University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Edward Harris, conductor
October 17, 2011