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I can’t thank everyone enough for coming out on a humid summer evening and supporting my Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut last Friday evening. It was such a thrill to watch my teachers Ed Harrison & Vadim Karpinos from nearly 20 years ago rock out on my music I wrote at Ravinia Festival with the CSO under the baton of Chief Conductor Marin Alsop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conductor Marin Alsop with composer Tim Corpus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vadim Karpinos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ed Harrison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Watching the audience engage with the music, laughing, and cheering mid-piece was absolutely wild. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Chicago Tribune put it<\/a>: \u201dCorpus\u2019s writing is consistently inventive: It\u2019s never quite clear whether the soloists are teasing one another or casually trying to one-up each other, and you\u2019ll never hear a xylophone sound more mournful than it does at the middle of the movement. I\u2019s always a high endorsement, to both performer and composer, when people start hooting in the middle of a classical music piece like they\u2019re at a stadium show.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And honestly I can’t say how honored I am that so many folks came out on a humid night at Ravinia Festival to support this show and hear my music. Thank you all so much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 6th grade, my elementary band teacher broke Illinois state rules to let me join band late. She and another teacher simply said, \u201cHe wants to be in band, so let him be in band.\u201d She faced pushback from her peers in the district, but she was right\u2014they were wrong. Give kids a chance to participate in the arts. It can change their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographer: Tong Hao Courtesy of Ravinia Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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