The Low Arc of the Sun

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1 STEVEN RYANT The Lo Arc o the Sun String Orchestra (018)

2 ROGRAM NOTE The Lo Arc o the Sun is a string orchestra arrangement o the original and ork o the same title, itsel a art o the larger Miniature Suite, a suite o ive orks commissioned y Kaa Kaa si, National and raternity, and Tau eta Sigma, National and Sorority or the 017 national convention. The ork is a istul chorale, evocative o the short, gray days in midinter, marked y the lo ath o the sun across the horizon. This version as ritten or Je Grogan and the 018 Texas All-State String Orchestra, ho gave the orld remiere in eruary, 018. AOT THE COMOSER Steven ryant s (. 197, Little Rock, Arkansas) musical interests san a variety o styles, and his catalog includes numerous orks or ind ensemle, orchestra, electronic and electro-acoustic creations, chamer music, it. He studied comosition ith John Corigliano at The Juilliard School, Cindy McTee at the niversity o North Texas, and rancis Mceth at Ouachita niversity. A ull io and more is availale at.stevenryant.com. ALL INQIRIES (musical questions, technical questions, uying music, commissions, marching licenses, errata, etc.): ino@stevenryant.com.stevenryant.com Social media (not or usiness

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