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The Iron Composer

On this episode of The SparkWinchester Composer, and EMU faculty member, Ryan Keebaugh was one of five finalists in this year’s Iron Composer Challenge. To compete, Ryan had five hours to compose a piece for three pretty weird instruments that was somehow suggestive of a board game he'd never heard of.

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Ardent Shimmer - Ryan Keebaugh's Iron Composer work

Ryan Keebaugh

Ryan Keebaugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qd_fOFzws

Choral work, The Suffering Servant, performed by the University of South Florida Chamber Singers, James Bass, conductor.

(This work was recently recorded by the University of Western Michigan Choir and will be released in 2016)

Marth Woodroof has retired from WMRA and is now spending her time as a full-time writer and published author.