exciting emails

Got a couple great emails last week, figured I'd share...

One was from a director in Brisbane, Australia -- TranZendental Danse of Joi and Chaos Theory are going to have their Australian premieres this Spring!

Another was from a director/composer/arranger in Portugal -- Chaos Theory is going to have it's Portuguese premiere... with an ensemble whose musical tradition dates back to the 1800's!

And last but far from least, this was really touching -- I hope the writer doesn't mind if I post it:

Jim,

You probably don't remember me, but I played on your recordings of Courage and Compassion and Tranzendental Danse of Joi (flute and piccolo on both) that Milt Allen conducted. I'm writing to tell you just how wonderful my elementary students think Courage and Compassion is. We lost one of our third grade students this week in a car accident and I've been using the recording of Courage and Compassion as a calming and soothing piece of music for the children. So many of them have told me that they picture peacefulness and that it has helped make them feel stronger. Thank you for composing such a wonderful piece of music. I actually think I'll continue the listening time next week with Tranzendental Danse of Joi to hopefully lift their spirits some more.

So beautiful to hear that music can have such positive resonance...