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25 lines
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title: Illuminatio
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slug: illuminatio
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instrumentation: For solo piano and wind ensemble.
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premiere: March 17, 2013, Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
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date: 2013-02-01
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description: Written in response to 'Innovation in the Liberal Arts', St. Olaf College's 2012-13 campus theme, Illuminatio musically captures a heightening of awareness.
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shortInfo: Sponsored by St. Olaf College's Collaborative Undergraduate Research and Inquiry program, 2012.
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categories:
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- Wind Ensemble
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_Illuminatio_ (Latin for "Illumination") was written in response to "Innovation in the Liberal Arts",
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St. Olaf College's campus theme of the 2012–13 academic year. In the traditional way of thinking about
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the liberal arts, the study of multiple, diverse disciplines can often seem to be a process of merely
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learning a plethora of diverse facts. However, one can recognize this process instead as a deeper
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enlightening, that of becoming aware. The study of diverse lines of thought not only gives one many
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different pieces of knowledge, but it heightens one’s perception of the world through experiencing
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many different perspectives of other human beings. The innovation is thus a change of the way one
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thinks about the process of learning in the liberal arts. _Illuminatio_ seeks to capture musically
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this process of expanding one's awareness.
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The St. Olaf College Collaborative Undergraduate Research and Inquiry program sponsored my work on _Illuminatio_.
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The work was premiered in March 2013 by Dr. Kent McWilliams and the St. Olaf Band, with the composer conducting.
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