Ruach premieres with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, 3.6.09 in Chicago

Unlike the Chinese government, I make no claims of being able to influence the weather. That said, I do find it curious that last November, while my new orchestral piece Ruach was being read in rehearsal by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, downtown St. Paul was engulfed by drenching rain and gale force winds. Ruach is the Hebrew word for “wind, breath, or spirit”, and although I can take no credit for the squall in Minnesota, an orchestral monsoon was more or less what I was after.

The SPCO, lead by maestro Cliff Colnot, will give the public premiere of Ruach in Chicago at Mandel Hall on Friday, March 6 at 7:30pm. You can buy tickets from the University of Chicago Presents, and I recommend an umbrella.