Dean Petersen, videographer for State Parks and Cultural Resources, assembled a presentation for our recent Arts Summit that features photos by Wyoming artists set to music by the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra. The music composition is Wind River. Here's a description from the Summit program:
“Wind River was commissioned by the UW Symphony Orchestra for the celebration of the new millennium in 2000, and was first performed in Laramie in April 2001. “Since the piece was inspired by Wyoming, premiered by a Wyoming Orchestra, and commissioned by the Wyoming Arts Council and other Wyoming groups, it is the perfect piece for this wonderful event,” says Michael Griffith who invited Joseph Curiale to compose this work.
Curiale remembers, “The thought of paying honor to both the majesty and power of Wyoming’s beauty and the enduring spirit of its people really touched my heart.....I made many trips to Wyoming and one to the Wind River mountains ...to feel the wind, to breathe the air, and to experience oneness with this monumental beautiful temple of the earth.”
Wind River was composed in Santa Ynez, California and is dedicated to Michael Griffith.
Click on this link to the video, sit back, and enjoy your own private WYO:
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1364707EaMcXKmy?c=wyomingmuse
