Prof. Tann work to be featured

The Empire State Youth Orchestra will perform Prof. Hilary Tann's composition, "From the Feather to the Mountain," on Sunday, March 20, at 3 p.m. at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. 

In connection with the concert, WAMC 90.3 FM will broadcast Paul Elisha's "Roundtable" interview with Prof. Tann on Wednesday, March 16, at 11:20 a.m. The interview contains excerpts from two recent recordings: "Millenium Overture" and "American Tapestry."

"From the Feather to the Mountain" was commissioned for ESYO's 25th anniversary.  The image of the title comes from a recorded statement by artist and former Union colleague Arnie Bittleman: "I found a feather while walking down a road. The feather, if you look closely, has a landscape, a cloudscape in it." (Cambridge, NY, 1970)