White-throated Sparrow song, descending interval.  I recorded this singing at Cleveland Lakefront State Nature Preserve on 4-24-14

White - Throated Sparrow descending song form

Égloga: el Sauce que se enamoró de la Caricia del Viento (Leyendas Místicas I); recorded by the Moravian Philharmonic, conducted by Joel Suben [Mystic Legend #1, "Eclogue: the Willow that fell in love with the Wind's Caress."]

Égloga: el Sauce que se enamoró de la Caricia del Viento (Op. 78, 2002)

Live premiere recording of "Mosaics" for violin and marimba composed by William Campbell, commissioned by the Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association. Performed by Naha Greenholtz and Aaron Williams on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at the Butterworth Center, Rock Island, Illinois as part of the "Up Close" chamber music series of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra.

A Mosaic is art that is made up of many smaller pieces, where the sum is greater than the individual parts. This five-movement work is a mosaic of different musical themes, patterns, rhythms, and textures, and often the interest is more about the interplay between the instruments than their distinct lines. Each movement has a central motive (small musical idea) which may or may not change, and is complimented by a different, yet related, motive in the other instrument. The listener will be aware of similarities between the motives of each movement, which I intended to provide continuity by design. These individual, interacting, repeated motivic patterns are like the “tessellations” found in many visual mosaics. 
Additionally, there is a narrative aspect to this music, as seen in each movement’s title. While composing the music I was also making several personal realizations, which the music expresses outwardly. It is a narrative that is both specific and universal and seems to repeat (at least for me) with every emergence of creative growth. Like the concept of mosaic literature, each movement conveys a different aspect of the story using similar motivic ideas. Together, the movements create a more complete and full expression than any individual movement could. 
My deepest gratitude goes to Naha and Aaron, for whom this piece was written. I held them both in my mind and heart while composing it and I’m very appreciative to them for bringing this music to the world. Finally, my thanks to the Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association for commissioning this work. 
Duration: 16'00"
© 2023 William Campbell Music. ASCAP. All Rights Reserved. 
www.WilliamCampbellMusic.com

Mosaics - III. Liminal Passage

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in celebration of 100k followers, i wanted to throw this unreleased track up here for free DL.  i've had it sitting around  for 2 years and it never quite fit on a release, but i've been playing it live for a while.
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~~tunnelrunner 2014~~

A quiet dawn chorus in the Mojave Desert National Preserve.  Recorded on March 30, 2018.  Vegetation was just starting to green up, following recent rains after a very dry winter.  I think the birds were just starting their breeding activity, as I saw none carrying nesting material or food to their young.  Recording features cactus wrens, phainopepla, Gambel's quail, song sparrows, black-throated sparrow, and maybe white-crowned sparrows.

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Mojave Desert Dawn Chorus

Robotic Subotnik

William Campbell is a pianist and award-winning composer of music for all genres. He creates clearly evocative musical soundscapes that communicate emotions from broodingly dark to exuberantly joyful.

Campbell's music for films includes work nominated for two Oscars (Academy Awards) in 2021 and 2019, an Emmy nomination in 2020. His recent scores have earned the awards for best film score in 2020 by the Iowa Motion Pictures Association, and best original score at the 2021 (International) Luminous Frames Festival. Additional awards include those from ASCAP, Kennedy Center American Collegiate Theater Festival, Penfield Music Commission, Waging Peace, and multiple teaching institutions. In 2021 he released the critically acclaimed album of solo piano music, "All In Due Time," and in 2023 the album for piano & electronics titled "Together We Rise" debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Chart. He is also a sought-after composer for orchestral, chamber, and vocal music, and is regularly commissioned to write new works by various organizations every year. As a performer, he has led multiple new music groups and has played with orchestras and as a soloist in North and South America. 

Current and recently finished projects include two new film scores, a work for choir, and chamber music. For nearly two decades William was Professor of Music at St. Ambrose University and Director of Contemporary Music at St. Paul Lutheran Church. He currently lives in the Southwest hills of Portland, Oregon, and is the Department Chair and Director of Compositional Activities at Linfield University.

Mosaics - III. Liminal Passage

William Campbell Music

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