Program notes

After hearing this piece through the "live streaming" of the Galway Festival Rising stars concert by Stephen Clark, I started looking for the music. Finding it wasn't available in the United States was heartbreaking. So I contacted a former student of mine working for Muramatsu flutes in Japan. She said they had the piece in a collection in their store! She graciously sent it me. I had my husband listen to this "new-age" style piece, then asking my newly retired husband if he thought he would b willing to make it into a flute choir arrangement. He has done a wonderful job with it. Mr. Muramatsu was impressed!

Francine

Takatsugu Muramatsu was born in 1978 in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He graduated from the Composition Course of the Kunitachi College of Music.

Since debuting while still in high school with his original piano solo album "The Window", he has released original albums including "Tokyo", "Spiritual of The Mind", "Piano Sings" and "Lovely Notes of Life", which consist mainly of his piano music.

His talent as a composer of music for movies and dramas has received attention since his early years; he composed the music for the movie "Inugami" in 2001 during his senior year of college and for the movie "The Choice of Hercules" in 2002. In 2004, he became the youngest director of the music for NHK's serial TV drama "Tenka".

Afterward, he composed music for many movies and TV dramas, including the movie "Jiyuu Renai", the NHK Saturday drama series "Hyouheki"; the movies "Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni (Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms)", "Orion-za Kara no Shotaijou" and "Mouryou no Hako"; the NHK Saturday drama series "Kansahoujin"; the movies "Climber's High", "Ohoku" and "Antoki no Inochi"; the NHK serial TV drama "DanDan", and the movie "Nobody to Watch over Me".

The song "Far away", which he composed and which was sung by the British boy choir vocal group Libera, has become a large hit as the theme song of the NHK drama series "Hyouheki", and its simultaneous worldwide release has become a hot topic.
Throughout Japan, he also performs as a pianist in concerts, playing music mainly consisting of his original songs and impromptu performances.

Dr. Raymond Pancost

Received his Bachelors from University of Michigan and DMA from USC. Before becoming a Special Education teacher - 25 plus years ago, he played oboe in the California Chamber Symphony, Long Beach Symphony and taught oboe at Cal State Long Beach University.

Francine Ross Pancost

Francine received a Bachelors degree from Eastman School of Music and Masters from USC. As well as teaching flute, Francine has been active in the flute choir scene for the past 16 years. Francine recently formed SilverWinds Publishing to sell her arrangements as well as other composers, mainly in Southern California.

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