Three-time Grammy Award-winning composer Maria Schneider is nearing the finish line for her newest ArtistShare project, The Thompson Fields. As the projects comes closer and closer to completion, ArtistShare participants can listen to short clips of the project, giving them a glimpse of the Maria Schneider Orchestra’s first studio album in seven years.
The record exemplifies Maria's compositional approach, with pieces descriptive of her home in Minnesota, to being inspired by first time she heard Samba in Rio. There is a piece inspired by the Birds of Paradise Project from Cornell University and “A Potter Song”, written in memory of Laurie Frink, who was a member of Maria’s band for 20 years. These pieces truly capture Maria's uniquely personal writing.
This album includes pieces generously commissioned through ArtistShare from the following projects:
The ArtistShare Commission Project (2009) - The Thompson Fields
Commissioned by Christophe Asselineau
Spring 2010 ArtistShare Commission Project - Lembrança
Commissioned by: Bill & Carol Bloemer, Justin Freed, Paul James, and Little Johnny Koerber
Spring 2012 ArtistShare Commission Project - Arbiters of Evolution and Home
Commissioned by: Bill & Carol Bloemer, Justin Freed, Paul James, and John Koerber
The record exemplifies Maria's compositional approach, with pieces descriptive of her home in Minnesota, to being inspired by first time she heard Samba in Rio. There is a piece inspired by the Birds of Paradise Project from Cornell University and “A Potter Song”, written in memory of Laurie Frink, who was a member of Maria’s band for 20 years. These pieces truly capture Maria's uniquely personal writing.
This album includes pieces generously commissioned through ArtistShare from the following projects:
The ArtistShare Commission Project (2009) - The Thompson Fields
Commissioned by Christophe Asselineau
Spring 2010 ArtistShare Commission Project - Lembrança
Commissioned by: Bill & Carol Bloemer, Justin Freed, Paul James, and Little Johnny Koerber
Spring 2012 ArtistShare Commission Project - Arbiters of Evolution and Home
Commissioned by: Bill & Carol Bloemer, Justin Freed, Paul James, and John Koerber
