Musical Landscapes in Color Vol IV - Transcendence

Proclaimed "a phenomenon" by the Los Angeles Times and "one of the best pianists of his generation" by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished concert pianist, improviser and composer. Mr. Goodyear has performed with, and has been commissioned by, many of the major orchestras and chamber music organizations around the world

Michigan based flutist Michigan based flutist Dr. Brandon LePage has held the Principal Flute position with the WCO since 2016. He is the child of two very musical parents and grew up on a healthy diet of Bach organ fugues, the Spice Girls, and a fabulous blend of many other musical genres. As an elementary school student, Brandon started his professional career as a member of the Children’s Chorus with the Michigan Opera Theatre (now called "Detroit Opera"), and since birth he has not stopped singing, dancing, or working hard to find any possible way to express himself through all musical means available.has held the Principal Flute position with the WCO since 2016. He is the child of two very musical parents and grew up on a healthy diet of Bach organ fugues, the Spice Girls, and a fabulous blend of many other musical genres. As an elementary school student, Brandon started his professional career as a member of the Children’s Chorus with the Michigan Opera Theatre (now called "Detroit Opera"), and since birth he has not stopped singing, dancing, or working hard to find any possible way to express himself through all musical means available.

Quenton Blache is a cellist and composer based in Los Angeles. He has performed nationally and internationally as a soloist and chamber musician and is a current member of the Sphinx Virtuosi. He has won several competitions, including the University of Southern California (USC) Bach Competition in 2021 and Strings Concerto Competition in 2023. He soloed the Dvorak Concerto with the Peninsula Symphony in February 2022, and Bloch’s Schelomo with the USC Thornton Symphony in October 2023. He also served as a cello hand double and background musician actor in the Blumhouse Productions movie Nocturne (2020).

Brittany J. Green is a North Carolina-based composer, performer, and educator. Described as “a creative force of attention-seizing versatility” (The Washington Post) and “cinematic in the best sense” (Chicago Classical Review), Brittany’s music works to facilitate collaborative, intimate musical spaces that ignite visceral responses. The intersections between sound, video, movement, and text serves as the focal point of these musical spaces, often questioning and redefining the relationships between these three elements.

Anthony Kelley joined the Duke University music faculty in 2000 after serving as Composer-in-Residence with the Richmond Symphony for three years under a grant from Meet the Composer, Inc. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Duke University, and he earned a Ph.D. in Musical Composition from the University of California at Berkeley.

Simon is the current Composer-in-Residence for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and frequently writes for the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera. Simon also holds the position of inaugural Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the first in the institution’s 143-year history.