John Powers

And I enjoy that, and I think it's very important to have joy in your expression, in the expression of black American artists and artists across all cultures. But I also think that there's always been this... this underpin in my music that's coming from struggle and coming from many things that, you know, maybe transmute into joy later, but don't start that way.

And I enjoy that, and I think it's very important to have joy in your expression, in the expression of black American artists and artists across all cultures. But I also think that there's always been this... this underpin in my music that's coming from struggle and coming from many things that, you know, maybe transmute into joy later, but don't start that way.

And I enjoy that, and I think it's very important to have joy in your expression, in the expression of black American artists and artists across all cultures. But I also think that there's always been this... this underpin in my music that's coming from struggle and coming from many things that, you know, maybe transmute into joy later, but don't start that way.

And I think there's a lot of reasons why the choice to latch on to the joyous aspects of what I presented, me to continue to deliver that to the people as an antidote to the times that we're in

And I think there's a lot of reasons why the choice to latch on to the joyous aspects of what I presented, me to continue to deliver that to the people as an antidote to the times that we're in

And I think there's a lot of reasons why the choice to latch on to the joyous aspects of what I presented, me to continue to deliver that to the people as an antidote to the times that we're in

That's one example of something that certainly leads to joy but comes from deep, deep pain and unresolved duress that our country is founded upon and many of the things that we are in debate around and the the culture clashes of our time and the the shift that is occurring right before our eyes in our time and really just thinking about

That's one example of something that certainly leads to joy but comes from deep, deep pain and unresolved duress that our country is founded upon and many of the things that we are in debate around and the the culture clashes of our time and the the shift that is occurring right before our eyes in our time and really just thinking about

That's one example of something that certainly leads to joy but comes from deep, deep pain and unresolved duress that our country is founded upon and many of the things that we are in debate around and the the culture clashes of our time and the the shift that is occurring right before our eyes in our time and really just thinking about

a theme that cuts through all that and really speaks to it at the same time. This melody, it could be a chant, it could be a prayer, it can be a hymn, it can be a war cry. It's a theme that is using the pentatonic which is the scale that I mentioned earlier that has this sort of connection to so many other cultures around the world.

a theme that cuts through all that and really speaks to it at the same time. This melody, it could be a chant, it could be a prayer, it can be a hymn, it can be a war cry. It's a theme that is using the pentatonic which is the scale that I mentioned earlier that has this sort of connection to so many other cultures around the world.

a theme that cuts through all that and really speaks to it at the same time. This melody, it could be a chant, it could be a prayer, it can be a hymn, it can be a war cry. It's a theme that is using the pentatonic which is the scale that I mentioned earlier that has this sort of connection to so many other cultures around the world.

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.

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.