Stacy Garrop: Mythology Symphony, Thunderwalker & Shadow CCPA Symphony Orchestra

• 1I. Becoming Medusa12:48
• 2II. Penelope Waits05:52
• 3III. The Lovely Sirens05:28
• 4IV. The Fates of Man08:14
• 5V. Pandora Undone07:31
• 6I. Ritual04:21
• 7II. Invoking the Gods02:43
• 8III. Summoned05:15
• 9Shadow08:32
• Total Runtime01:00:44

Info for Stacy Garrop: Mythology Symphony, Thunderwalker & Shadow

Flourishing American composer Stacy Garrop’s first album of orchestral music features the world-premiere recording of her Mythology Symphony, a five-movement work inspired by famous female figures from Greek mythology. Characterized by Garrop’s talent for lyricism and vivid storytelling, the symphony receives a typically vibrant and compelling performance by Billboard-charting international conductor Alonda de la Parra leading the Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) Symphony Orchestra of Roosevelt University. Under the direction of Peabody Conservatory-based conductor Markand Thakar, the CCPA Chamber Orchestra delivers world-premiere recordings of Garrop’s mythic Thunderwalker and Shadow, a moving interplay of counterpoint, shifting textures, and profound emotion. Mythology Symphony, composed from 2007 to 2013, is the product of commissions from the Detroit and Albany Symphony Orchestras, and Chicago’s Roosevelt University, where Garrop is associate professor of composition.

Garrop’s music “excites the enthusiasm of performers and audiences alike” (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review). She has “a sharp ear for instrumental color and narrative form: She can tell a story” (Detroit Free Press). Gramophone calls her a composer whose work displays “vision and breadth.” The Journal of the International Association of Women in Music proclaims, “Without question, Garrop is poised to make significant and lasting contributions to [the] world of classical music.”

Fall 2015 is a high-profile season for Garrop: her oratorio Terra Nostra will receive its world premiere November 14–15 in San Francisco. The world-premiere recording of her String Quartet No. 4: Illuminations, was recently released by Cedille Records, in a performance by the Avalon String Quartet. Her Flight of Icarus for saxophones appears on a new CD from the Capital Quartet on the Blue Griffin label. The celebrated male choir Chanticleer included one of her pieces in its 2014—2015 tour program and on a live-in-concert recording.

CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Markand Thakar
Alondra de la Parra, conductor

Recorded March 5–7, 2014, January 29–30, 2015, Benito Juarez Community Academy Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois
Engineered by Bill Maylone
Produced by James Ginsburg

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