Publisher

Protone

Date of Composition

2021

Instrumentation

Solo Piano

Duration

"America the Beautiful” was a song I learned as a child in school. I took it for granted in those days, not thinking about the deeper meaning of the words, nor realizing the potential embedded in that simple melody. It has taken Min Kwon’s brilliant project to get me to re-evaluate this iconic song and to explore its exquisite richness.

“Victoria Bond’s Sea to Shining Sea brought everything back to the central focus. Bond, in the house like many of the featured composers, described it as a mini-drama, and there was a clear and skillful musical narrative. “America The Beautiful” is about something, and this last work was of a piece with the best music on the concert, which was all about what the artists found beautiful about this country.”