John Powers

And I knew I wanted to have a sound that if I had the indigenous musicians sing it or if I had the kora players play it or if I had the slide guitar play it or if I had the violin section play it or whatever way that I wanted to orchestrate that theme, it would communicate a different layer of the story, a different part of this experience. And you hear this throughout the symphony.

And I knew I wanted to have a sound that if I had the indigenous musicians sing it or if I had the kora players play it or if I had the slide guitar play it or if I had the violin section play it or whatever way that I wanted to orchestrate that theme, it would communicate a different layer of the story, a different part of this experience. And you hear this throughout the symphony.

it's a traveler's theme as well it's moving you know every time we perform it i don't imagine it being the same i imagine it being something that molds and shifts and and evolves with the ensemble and who's joining the orchestra and the orchestra being something that is constantly evolving it's not just a symphony orchestra it's orchestra plus and and um

it's a traveler's theme as well it's moving you know every time we perform it i don't imagine it being the same i imagine it being something that molds and shifts and and evolves with the ensemble and who's joining the orchestra and the orchestra being something that is constantly evolving it's not just a symphony orchestra it's orchestra plus and and um

it's a traveler's theme as well it's moving you know every time we perform it i don't imagine it being the same i imagine it being something that molds and shifts and and evolves with the ensemble and who's joining the orchestra and the orchestra being something that is constantly evolving it's not just a symphony orchestra it's orchestra plus and and um

Putting this theme on the Beethoven album was something that is an ode to Beethoven and the tradition of how he transformed the symphonic tradition and brought in all of the different sounds that he brought in and the rhythmic concepts that we talked about and the melodic ubiquity of all these themes that we know and love.

Putting this theme on the Beethoven album was something that is an ode to Beethoven and the tradition of how he transformed the symphonic tradition and brought in all of the different sounds that he brought in and the rhythmic concepts that we talked about and the melodic ubiquity of all these themes that we know and love.

Putting this theme on the Beethoven album was something that is an ode to Beethoven and the tradition of how he transformed the symphonic tradition and brought in all of the different sounds that he brought in and the rhythmic concepts that we talked about and the melodic ubiquity of all these themes that we know and love.

And just thinking about this, my first symphony, American Symphony, being in that tradition and in a tradition of the greats who are maybe unsung, who also wrote in connection to the American experience, William Grant Still, James Reese Europe, Florence Price, all the composers who are speaking to this over time. It's just something that is very important to me.

And just thinking about this, my first symphony, American Symphony, being in that tradition and in a tradition of the greats who are maybe unsung, who also wrote in connection to the American experience, William Grant Still, James Reese Europe, Florence Price, all the composers who are speaking to this over time. It's just something that is very important to me.

And just thinking about this, my first symphony, American Symphony, being in that tradition and in a tradition of the greats who are maybe unsung, who also wrote in connection to the American experience, William Grant Still, James Reese Europe, Florence Price, all the composers who are speaking to this over time. It's just something that is very important to me.

Yes, Terry, it was a sign because... we were doing something that needed to be done. Every time you do something that you're supposed to be doing, you're going to face some form of attack, some form of pushback. And this is the first time in the history of the hall, of Carnegie Hall, that that's happened. You know, things like that will happen.

Yes, Terry, it was a sign because... we were doing something that needed to be done. Every time you do something that you're supposed to be doing, you're going to face some form of attack, some form of pushback. And this is the first time in the history of the hall, of Carnegie Hall, that that's happened. You know, things like that will happen.

Yes, Terry, it was a sign because... we were doing something that needed to be done. Every time you do something that you're supposed to be doing, you're going to face some form of attack, some form of pushback. And this is the first time in the history of the hall, of Carnegie Hall, that that's happened. You know, things like that will happen.

And that's how you know you're doing the thing that you need to be doing.

And that's how you know you're doing the thing that you need to be doing.

And that's how you know you're doing the thing that you need to be doing.

Oh, my goodness. It's funny because I looked up in the balcony in the audience and I looked down at the folks that were right near the stage and I could look in people's eyes and I could see nobody really knew me. they could sense maybe something was happening, but the majority of folks didn't know that the power went out because it was only on stage.

Oh, my goodness. It's funny because I looked up in the balcony in the audience and I looked down at the folks that were right near the stage and I could look in people's eyes and I could see nobody really knew me. they could sense maybe something was happening, but the majority of folks didn't know that the power went out because it was only on stage.

Oh, my goodness. It's funny because I looked up in the balcony in the audience and I looked down at the folks that were right near the stage and I could look in people's eyes and I could see nobody really knew me. they could sense maybe something was happening, but the majority of folks didn't know that the power went out because it was only on stage.