This album is a compilation of nine original pieces composed
over the course of about five years, plus a new orchestration of the Canon
in D by Johannes Pachelbel. The music is based on my experiences at
the American Youth Foundation's Camp Miniwanca in Michigan. The song title
akuta kuwa is believed to be Omaha Indian, meaning "to seek again
and again." This name was bestowed on the 1989 graduates of the AYF's
National Leadership Conference, of which I was a member.
God, for what talent I may have
It is with
Jennifer, Cindy, and David
The Akuta Kuwa Class
Those who give life to a place called Miniwanca
Thanks to:
Wiley Rankin and Todd Benkert for suggestions and advice
Mom and Dad for support in undertaking this project
Everyone else who pushed me to get this album finished
Rick Wilson was born in 1970 in Wichita, Kansas. He has played viola
in the Wichita Youth Symphony, Kansas State University Orchestra, and the
Friends University Community Orchestra. He has been with each of these
groups at various times when they have performed at the Kansas Music Educators'
Association (KMEA) annual conventions in Wichita.
Rick has been composing music since 1984. In 1989, Rick was one of five
finalists in the Claude T. Smith memorial music composition contest for
high school students. All five finalists' works were performed at a concert
at Southwest Missouri State University, which sponsored the competition.
After the concert, the judges announced the competition winner, Fanfare
for a Celebration by Rick Wilson. Rick currently plays viola with the
Friends University Community Orchestra and a string quartet, and plays
keyboards at Riverlawn Christian Church.
Currently, there are two choices for hearing selections from ebb and flow. In Kansas, you can hear complete selections from the album on Radio Kansas' Nightcrossings on the following stations:
| Hutchinson-Wichita area | KHCC - FM 90.1 |
| Salina-Manhattan area | KHCD - FM 89.5 |
| Great Bend-Hays area | KHCT - FM 90.9 |
| Ebb and Flow | 505 K .rm |
| Walking in the Mist | 309 K .rm |
| Seagull Dance | 477 K .rm |
New sound clip from upcoming project is here, with more expected soon... Download the 770 K 60-second RealMedia file.
Please check back for further information.
I'm Program Director with the station, and thought you'd like
to know that we'll be giving ebb & flow
a lot more airplay in the coming months...we've had a chance to evaluate
our Kansas artist selections, and I find your disc to be exemplary...you
have a real feel for the genre. Listeners will find not just a couple
of tracks to enjoy, but excellent music from beginning to end. We have
8 (of ten) tracks in rotation, now. That is very, very unusual. That's
like 3 CDs worth for most artists working the same territory.
If you have heard selections from ebb and flow and would like to send comments, please direct them to Rick Wilson.
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