{"title":"Eads, Emerson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmerson Eads \u003c\/strong\u003e(b. 1980)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. \u003cstrong\u003eEmerson Eads \u003c\/strong\u003eis the Director of Choral Studies at Southern Illinois University and an American composer and conductor known for his deeply expressive works centered on themes of social justice. His music reflects a profound commitment to advocacy through art, often illuminating overlooked or urgent human rights issues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA signature work, \u003cem\u003eMass for the Oppressed\u003c\/em\u003e, is a striking setting of the Mass Ordinary featuring interpolated texts by his brother Evan Eads and a Credo adapted from the diary of Pope Francis. The piece was composed to raise awareness and public support for the Fairbanks Four—four Indigenous men from Eads’ hometown in Alaska who were wrongfully imprisoned for eighteen years. Continuing this thread of advocacy, his cantata …from which your laughter rises, written for the mothers of the Fairbanks Four, was performed to critical acclaim alongside Haydn’s \u003cem\u003eStabat Mater\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more information on Dr. Eads and his compositions, please visit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emersoneads.com\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.emersoneads.com\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eads-summer-tern-for-flute-choir-fc499","title":"Eads - Summer Tern for Flute Choir - FC499","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. Emerson Eads's particularly lush, contemporary tonal language brings the flute choir to life in the three movements of his tone poem \u003cstrong\u003eSummer Tern\u003c\/strong\u003e. The three movements - Summer Tern, Season's Turn, and The Tern Returns - allow Eads to luxuriate in both solo voices supported by gorgeous harmony and in shining masses of sound as the entire ensemble moves as a cohesive voice, spread across the octaves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003ePiccolo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003e2 C Flutes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003e2 Alto Flutes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eBass Flute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eContrabass Flute (or Contralto Flute in G)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/1439464195\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/alrypublications\" title=\"UMMP\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eUMMP\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/alrypublications\/sets\/emerson-eads-summer-tern-for-flute-choir\" title=\"Emerson Eads - Summer Tern for Flute Choir\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eEmerson Eads - Summer Tern for Flute Choir\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ALRY Publications","offers":[{"title":"Printed Book Only","offer_id":31347471057014,"sku":"FC499","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Printed book and PDF via Email","offer_id":31347471089782,"sku":"FC499","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"INSTANT PDF","offer_id":31347471122550,"sku":"FC499","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2136\/9437\/products\/FC499.jpg?v=1600689456"},{"product_id":"eads-sonata-for-flute-and-piano-fp150","title":"Eads - Sonata for Flute and Piano - FP150","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eThis\u003cstrong\u003e Sonata for Flute and Piano\u003c\/strong\u003e by Emerson Eads is in four movements: \u003cstrong\u003ePreface\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eEdna\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMeditation\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003ePsalm\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the composer:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003eThis sonata opens with a \u003ci\u003ePreface \u003c\/i\u003eemploying two theme areas—one in an oddly subdivided four, and the other in a lyrical 7\/8. Some of these themes are transformed and appear later in the \u003ci\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/i\u003e. The following movement, \"Edna,\" was written in homage to Edna St. Vincent Millay and her poem \"The Concert.\" This section is through-composed, and uses the poem's structure and words as musical inspiration- the flute's lines expressing the words, the pianist acting as accompanist to a \"singer.\" You could literally read the poem whilst listening to the flute's lines and imagine the flute singing the words. Edna is followed by a tranquil \u003ci\u003eMeditation\u003c\/i\u003e. The final movement, \u003cem\u003ePsalm\u003c\/em\u003e (or \u003ci\u003eEpilogue)\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseeks to find closure to \u003ci\u003eThe Concert\u003c\/i\u003e. Edna tells us at the end of \u003ci\u003eThe Concert\u003c\/i\u003e, that \"I will come back to you, I swear I will; And you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller, Than when I went.\" So the final movement tells the story of the return. 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