American Scenes

Year Released: 1996

Original Recording:

Music Category:
Jazz

Credits:
Brian Drye, Brian Forbes, Forrest Giberson, Joe Cohen, Jon Arkin, Randy Kapralick, matthew charles heulitt

Composer(s):
Michael Stegner

This was one of my favorite ensembles while at the University of Miami – The Avant Garde Ensemble. Such an amazing group of talented players. And everyone brought so much energy into learning each other’s music. Ronnie Miller was the teacher and he had a great way of giving direction while bringing out everyone’s uniqueness. I wrote this suite for this ensemble specifically. They made it cooler than what it was on the score for sure.