Fanfare for Rosa: A New Citizen (Southern Adventist Univ.)

*Premiere of the wind symphony version of Hinck’s Fanfare for Rosa: A New Citizen commissioned by Southern Adventist University’s Wind Symphony under the baton of director Ken Parsons.

Watch the concert live on October 11th, here: Watch Live!
This short, emotionally-charged, fanfare was written based on interviews I conducted with migrant children. These children recalled their experiences often tinged with terror and trauma upon entering the United States from South and Central America for the first time. However, this fanfare develops in strength and optimism over the course of its six minutes to a hope-filled response to the immigrant crisis.

7:30PM, Sunday, October 11, 2020

Applause

Landon Gray (Audience Member)

“I would love to play your music one day! I enjoyed this!” (Age 9)

Jessica Baughman (Audience Member)

“This was an unexpected occurrence in my life of such large delight – I had gone to the symphony at an impromptu invitation and left heartened to no end by your work. Thank you. Thank you.”

Joel Knudsen (Audience Member)

“…engaging, exciting, descriptive, colorful, rhythmically, harmonically rich and riveting. I really look forward to hearing it again.”

Theresa Kriszcziokaitis (Audience Member)

“Felt I was spending the night in the hayloft window. BEAUTIFUL experience!”

Marianne Scott (Audience Member)

“Closed my eyes and felt wonderful”

Alan Lazarus (Audience Member)

“Stunning premier performance!”

Connie Shawver (Audience Member)

“I loved it! I thought specifically the Sunset and Night movements absolutely conjured up summer nights of my childhood.”

Glen Misko (Audience Member)

“Brilliant; it kept my rapt attention till the final note.”

Aaron Weatherbie (Audience Member)

“I was fascinated that the journey of this symphony is the opposite of the traditional storyline that travels from morning to evening. This tale is the hidden beauty that folds between each passing day. The beauty of the little things. The majesty that is only taken in when you slow down and give yourself time to dream. This immediately took my mind to a reset.”

Kathy Hastings (Audience Member)

“This symphony was amazing. I saw with visitors from Indiana who had never been to a symphony. Upon its ending the gentleman said he was able to put himself into the music as directed and vividly describe his experience. We dined after the program and the symphony was all he could talk about. Thank you.”

Jennifer Remsberg (Audience Member)

“I felt as if I were standing on the open prairie witnessing our sunsets, wildlife and feeling the wildness in my soul.”

Todd DeMint (Audience Member)

“I loved the music and felt transported!”

Madeline Norland (Audience Member)

“Incredibly luscious music – took my mind right back to the home my loving husband & I built”

Emily Jensen (Audience Member)

“I closed my eyes and could envision; the sunset, the animals and noises in the night”

Gary Hart (Audience Member)

“Beautiful and moving”

Rachel Muscat (Audience Member)

“Bruckneresque in scope”

Robin Henry (Audience Member)

“Fantastic! Kansas and the Great Plains/Midwest are so much more complicated, complex, and full of beautiful harmonies and contradictions. Your symphony captured all of that!”

Timothy Miller (Audience Member)

“Multiple sound colors and emotions. Stirs the imagination.”

Andra Stuckey (Audience Member)

“I was hesitant to hear a new symphony. But I enjoyed it!”

Madeline Natvig (Audience Member)

“An exquisite composition!”

Kris McCarthy (Audience Member)

“I could feel the raw emotion in every measure”

Robert Bolin (Audience Member)

“Reminded me of childhood in summer; playing ball til the sunsets then chasing fireflies. Going on adventures, watching storms then peace and a new day.”

Kamerynn Shortt (Audience Member)

“…showed exactly how living in this world is meaningful and important.”

Claudia Ritter (Audience Member)

“You’re my favorite contemporary composer. I can’t wait for your next symphony!”

Wesley Despain (Audience Member)

“I was enthralled by the colorful orchestration and the wide variety of musical ideas. Listening to this work was, in fact, a cinematic experience.”

Emily Mitchell (Audience Member)

“Absolutely captivating from start to finish”

Traci Gabbert (Audience Member)

“I was transported to many places – be it my past, or memories of a movie… or simply imaginary places that your work created in my mind.”

Holly Mulcahy (violinist)

“Working with Tim Hinck on various projects for my chamber music series at prisons has been wonderful. His ability to listen to ideas and add additional thoughts with passion is exactly the kind of artist I love working with. One can easily hear the positivity and enthusiasm in his compositions!”

Shaun Townley (film producer)

“WTCI had the opportunity to work with Tim in the scoring of our film, From the Streets to the Stage. The score elevated our film. He’s a talented, efficient, joyful composer and I’m glad we had the opportunity to work together.”

Gil Trythall (composer)

“Deeply moving” (on the premiere performance of Hinck’s Digitalis)

Ann Cater (documentary producer)

“Tim’s extraordinary talent for composing an original score for a documentary I was co-producing for national television was immediately evident. He matched perfectly the mood and tone of the film to give it the overall epic feeling we wanted the piece to convey.”

Kayoko Dan (conductor)

“Chattanooga Symphony & Opera commissioned a work by Tim Hinck for its “Chattanooga Fanfare Project,” I had the most delightful experience premiering his work. Tim is creative, inspiring, and fun to work with, and it was truly a collaborative process. The audience really loved and appreciated his work, as their response was nothing short of enthusiasm.”

All Applause