Memmi Ochi

Playing in the percussion section for Schwantner's amazing piece, "New Mornings for the World," offers the opportunity to perform a powerful piece by a living composer.  The piece is really inspiring, and I hope you will enjoy the piece, too! 

Here is a little blurb about the piece from the orchestra's website:

"With the help of a narrator, Joseph Schwantner draws from Martin Luther King’s most influential speeches about racial inequality and the fight for justice and freedom for all. New Morning for the World is a powerful reminder that the battles King fought are far from over, and its massive orchestral journey illustrates that human progress involves many painful confrontations and resolutions, rather than a single, momentous victory."