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barcode: '199999327882'
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- Artist Discography
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- disc_length: '14:05'
  name: Disc 1
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  - names:
      English: Windy Mountain, Op. 1
    track_length: '14:05'
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name: Windy Mountain, Op. 1
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notes: 'Windy Mountain, Op. 1

  Music Composed, Arranged, and Orchestrated by Josh Barron

  Music Performed by The ETHEReal String Orchestra

  Mixed and Mastered by Andrew Steffen

  Album Artwork and Design by Josh Barron

  - Album Description-

  Commissioned by the Iowa City Community String Orchestra, this 14 minute composition
  depicts the story of a baby bird yearning for the world beyond his mother and the
  nest. After leaving on his own, he quickly discovers how hard it is. A coming of
  age tale, told through a string orchestra, Windy Mountain touches on hardship, bravery,
  and tenderness.

  -Special Thanks-

  Josh would first like to thank the Iowa City Community String Orchestra along with
  orchestra director Carey Bostian for providing this once in a lifetime opportunity.
  Additionally, Josh would like to thank ETHEReal String Orchestra (Andrew Steffen
  and Andrew Stern), as well as all of his friends, family, colleagues, and supporters.
  Lastly, thanks goes to Josh''s band directors Craig Blume, Tim Miller, and David
  Pallada for instilling him a love for music and composition.

  -Liner Notes-

  "Picture it. Royal Center, Indiana, circa 2016. I had just finished promoting my
  first album release ETHEReal String Project and my friend and collaborator for that
  album, Andrew Steffen, said that he is good friends with someone who wanted to commission
  me to write a concert work. The assignment was pretty straightforward and all Andrew
  said was (horribly paraphrasing here), "Just do your best, you''ll be fine! Just
  don''t screw it up.". Up until this point, I had never written a single composition
  for a string orchestra of this size, as in a multi-movement, coherent work. At the
  time, I was really into the music of Everybody''s Gone to the Rapture by Jessica
  Curry which led me to discover the work of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
  When I listened to The Lark Ascending, I was brought to my knees by the beauty of
  it. The violin quite literally sounded like a bird in flight over the British countryside.
  That sense of authenticity to create such an organic depiction of the scene inspired
  me. I came up with three themes that tie the whole composition together: the flying
  theme, the mother bird theme, and the mountain itself. Once I had established this,
  I treated it like a short film starting with the mountain showing through a misty
  pass and the camera zooming in to the little bird and its mother proper. Then I
  introduce various iterations of those themes throughout to depict the bird''s attempt
  to leave the nest, getting lost in a thunderstorm, and even getting struck by lightning!
  To wrap the composition up, I reprised some of the themes into a short end credits.
  The whole time I wrote this, I felt like I was hanging by the seat of my pants,
  but I am glad the work was well received by the audience at the concert and I hope
  that this studio version will be just as positively received."

  -Josh Barron, 2025'
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related: []
release_date: '2025-07-11'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: USD
  price: 3.0
reprints: []
stores:
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websites:
  Official:
  - link: https://joshbarroncomposer.com/home
    name: Josh Barron Official Website
