William Thomas McKinley/Ramon Zupko

Collage: Robert Annis, bass clarinet; Anne H. Pilot, harp; Frank Epstein, percussion; Christopher Oldfather, piano; Joel Smirnoff, violin; Katherine Murdock, viola; Joel Moerschel, cello; Gunther Schuller, conductor New World Quartet: Curtis J. Macomber and William Patterson, violins; Robert Dan, viola; Ross T. Harbaugh, cello; Richard Stoltzman, clarinetWilliam Thomas McKinley writes:"Paintings VII and For One share many musical and dramatic characteristics though a number of years separates their times of composition. Each work derives its essential energy and compositional spirit from a predominantly expressionistic musical palette which results in a widely contrasting array of emotional states. These states are juxtaposed in short rapid-fire order - often suddenly - creating at times the impression of "psychic" motion or force throughout their development.Ramon Zupko writes: "Noosphere is an interpretation, in musical terms, of the substantive elements of the philosophy of the Jes