{"title":"Medina, Kari Cruver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKari Cruver Medina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eBorn and raised in the Pacific Northwest, \u003cstrong\u003eKari Cruver Medina\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up on the Puget Sound. It was a nature-lover’s dream. Pods of Orca whales frequented the area and the seashore teamed with life. Summer evenings were frequently spent around a bonfire singing folk songs and show tunes, siblings harmonizing while dad played battered guitar. As a child she basked in this loving, creative environment of nature and song, and its glow continues to inspire and inform her writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eMedina attended the University of Washington in composition and piano performance and completed her graduate school at Washington State University with Dr. Loran Olsen. She and her husband settled in Seattle, where she worked as a Music Director and they raised two sons. It was when the youngest graduated from high school that she returned to composing full time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eNature remains Medina’s playground, and when not composing you will find her working in her garden or tramping through the woods: a rake, a book of poetry, and cup of coffee at hand. She loves to travel and savors the opportunity to share the joy of making music with friends across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedina has worked as a composer, music director, studio musician, and Emmy-nominated composer for film and television. Her award winning music includes compositions spanning a broad swath of stylistic traditions, including art song, solo and chamber works as well as choral, band, and orchestral compositions. Literature, history, faith, folklore, and the intersection of arts and culture have always intrigued her. These interests reflect in engaging music that is marinated in an imaginative, often whimsical blend of narrative and nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"medina-selkies-for-flute-choir-fc696","title":"Medina - Selkies for Flute Choir - FC696","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelkies \u003c\/strong\u003eby Kari Cruver Medina for Flute Choir. From the composer: \"Selkies are shape-shifting women who come from the sea. Featured in Celtic mythology, they are woven into mysterious stories of longing and heartbreak, stories which always involve being torn between land and sea. This composition has a happier ending. The work begins moodily, as a lone woman is drawn to the shore. The waves speak to her. Undulating patterns create the motion of water. You sense she is torn. As the waves move in and around the main theme, a call to freedom represented by a short Celtic folk motif is heard. 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