Composing in the Wilderness - 2022

DENALI TRIP

COMPOSERS:

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Freelance Composer, Sound Designer and Pianist

"There is nothing quite like sitting atop a mountain and listening to the sound of the wind and the beating of your own heart. Composing in the Wilderness for me was a combination of deep personal reflections and growth as well as making lifelong friendships with other creatives and composers in the beautiful haven of Denali National Park."

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Christopher Alan Schmitz

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Heather Ellis Koehn

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Iddo Aharony

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Joseph C Phillips Jr

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Leslie Hogan

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Robert McIntyre

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Virginia Wan

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PERFORMERS

(the 2022 members of Corvus)

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Charly Akert

cello

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Joe Bergen

percussion

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Katie Cox

flute

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Josh Henderson

violin

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Alex LoRe

saxophone

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Mara Mayer

clarinet

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facilitators, friends, visitors, AND HELPERS

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David Arnold

MSLC Education Program Coordinator

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Bonni Brooks

Fountainhead Hotels

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Brett Calhoun

Alaska Geographic Guide

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Denny Capps

National Park Service Geologist

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Kris Capps

Reporter, Friend, Force for Good

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Chris Conlong

Director of Educational Programs, Alaska Geographic

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Rachel Gold

Alaska Geographic Concert Coordinator

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Andy Hall

Executive Director, Alaska Geographic

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Scott Hansen

Audio Engineer

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Stephen Lias

Leader

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Samantha Lilly

Alaska Geographic Marketing

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James Menaker

Director, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival

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Paul Ollig

Director of Interpretation & Education, Denali National Park

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Hannah Prenger

Chef

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David Tomeo

Manager of Denali Kennels

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Cathy Turinsky

Yummy Lunches

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Bruce Wright

Caretaker, Twin Bears Camp

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FAVORITE MOMENTS:

The unexpected bear encounter.
Apocalyptic wind on the summit of Cathedral Mountain.
S'mores.
Three (count them, THREE) wolverines.
Paddleboating at Twin Bears.

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BACKPACKING TRIP IN WRANGELL-ST. ELIAS

Composers:

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Yotam Haber

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Alan Mackwell

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Leah Mullen

Master's Student, University College Dublin

Composing in the Wilderness has been the best experience of my life. The Alaskan landscape is stunning and the composers I met are now some of my closest friends. This was the most connected to nature, other composers, and myself I have ever felt. This trip was rejuvenating artistically and emotionally, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. If you have any interest in exploring nature and writing music, it does not get better than CitW.

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Nicholas Denton Protsack

Composer and Cellist. PhD Candidate, Victoria University of Wellington

Composing in the Wilderness gave me the courage to fully reconnect with a part of myself—an inquisitive, adventurous, and almost mystical part, that experiences the world around me with a ceaselessly childlike wonder. Once that part of you has been reclaimed, you will never dare to abandon it again.

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