Textura: Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra: Harmony in Black

"Recently textura had the pleasure of reviewing the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's 2025 release, Convergence, featuring live performances of works by Michael Abels, Valerie Coleman, Andre Myers, and Patrice Rushen. Curation for the Andrew Sewell-conducted recording was handled by Dr. William Banfield, the WCO's 2021–24 ‘Composer in Residence'; as important is the fact that Convergence is not the first but the the second chapter in the five-year ‘Musical Landscapes in Color' initiative the company undertook to celebrate work by living American composers. Released last year, the first chapter, Harmony in Black, is as deserving of attention for its performances and material, with one piece by, again, Rushen and two by Banfield himself. Like Convergence, Harmony in Black is a live recording, this one captured on October 13th, 2023."