Loosely based on the title and topic of the book by the award-wining author Jill Wolfson and John Hubner, this work is a symphonic poem describing the life and thoughts of incarcerated youth in America today.  Specifically using text from a select number of poems  of The Beat Within - a weekly publication of writing and art from kids in the juvenile detention center of Santa Cruz, California, I was deeply impacted emotionally and musically by my initial reading of these works introduced to me by David Kaun - philanthropist and supporter of the arts - and by my several visits to this guarded facilty with poet and volunteer coordinator Dennis Morton.   The question I raised to these incarcerated youth is,... 'will you RISE, shall you RISE and be FREE again' from your predicament as you will hear in this piece for narrator (actor Charles Holt) 
and full symphonic orchestra. 

Someone Else's Child - 3rd Mvt.

Hailed as 'riveting' by the San Francisco Examiner, violinist Rebecca Jackson & Emmy-Award Winning Composer, John Wineglass embark upon a collaboration of meditative and reflective modern-day hymns. Quiet your soul and take 'your' journey with us.

1 Draw Me Close - Breathe

TEST DRIVE (Amplified) (Remastered 11-26-2011)

Greetings!
I'm a 2nd Grade Teacher and make music in my spare time! Thanks for listening, and don't forget to follow me! 
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TEST DRIVE (Amplified) (Remastered 11-26-2011)

Kenneth Lee Cho

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