21st Century (2012). As a guest composer of the Brisbane (Australia) Conservatory and the Brisbane Philharmonic, Ewazen was captivated by the churning waves and the sheer grandeur of the Gold Coast landscape, writing bold music filled with lifting and cascading arpeggios for the pair of horns. Gold Coast Harmony is dedicated to hornists Lisa Bontrager and Michelle Stebleton, and pianist Tomoko Kanamaru, who premiered the work at the 2005 convention of the International Horn Society. The work is r...
Ewazen's gift to honor the great horn player Fred Fox on his 100th birthday is a setting of text by Fox, himself, for voice and (appropriately) a chorus of eight horns. The uplifting, life-affirming poem is set to musiic that matches the spirit, the joy of a life well lived. Hosanna to Life is also available in a version for voice and piano. -the publisher
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Commission by the International Horn Society for the 2002 IHS Convention held at Western Michigan University. This composition for horn octet describes a story well-known in the Michigan area. In the northeastern corner of Lake Michigan, just off the shore from the giant sand dune, are the North and South Manitou Islands. The Chippewa Indians explain the origin of thie scenic wonder in a touching tale known as the "Legend of the Sleeping Bear", a story of a Mother Bear watching over her two you...