Derek Douglas Carter (b.1994, he/him) is a composer, conductor, and artist currently residing in Kentucky. His music has been performed across the Midwest, New England, the South, as well as in Canada, Poland, and Spain. Carter has been a festival…
Derek Douglas Carter (b.1994, he/him) is a composer, conductor, and artist currently residing in Kentucky. His music has been performed across the Midwest, New England, the South, as well as in Canada, Poland, and Spain. Carter has been a festival…
Valerie Coleman’s Danza de la Mariposa is a rhythmic, melodic tone poem, giving the listener a tour of South America. Inspired by the various species of butterflies inhabiting the continent, this work is full of rich color, with butterflies dancing…
Amazonia is a dedication to what is considered to be the “lungs of the earth”,
and is a poem that describes its natural beauty that progressively becomes destroyed,
as the dark aspects of human nature intrude upon its vitality. The work begins at…
The title Fanmi Imèn is Haitian Creole for Maya Angelou’s famous work, Human Family. Both the musical and literary poems acknowledge differences within mankind, either due to ethnicity, background, or geography, but Angelou’s refrain: “we are more…
A musical description of fire and its hunger. It begins as embers of coal and wood glowing with radiant danger-a soft sustained and ominous sound. Slowly, fuel is added to the potential of flame and slowly catches fire, one flicker at a time until it…
Juba for flute choir (2P, 6C, 2A, 1B, CB) gives homage to its namesake: a rhythmic dance found in the origins of both African-American and West African cultures. Premiered in 2014 by the National Flute Association High School Flute Choir under the…
