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This is the piano solo version of “The Bravest Journey” which Emily Bear originally composed and orchestrated at age 13 for: Stars & Stripes: A Salute to Our Veterans, an event honoring veterans and the men and women currently serving in the United States Armed Forces. The world premiere was performed on October 10th, 2015 by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Steve Larsen in front of an audience of 5,000 people. The composition was inspired by the first-hand accounts of Rockford-area veterans and their family members. "The Bravest Journey" describes the journey that the soldier takes: enlisting or being recruited into the army, leaving family and loved ones, experiences during war, challenges returning home after what they had seen and experienced and those who did not make it home. Video filmed at The Coronado Theatre, Rockford, Illinois 2016.
Official video of orchestral World Premiere of "The Bravest Journey" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9jUjr4t_eo
More About Emily Bear:
Pianist/Composer/Songwriter Emily Bear enjoys arranging, orchestrating, and performing in a diverse collection of styles from pop to classical, jazz, and everything in between. Her performances have taken her to concert halls across the U.S., Europe and Asia. Emily made her professional debut at the Ravinia Festival at five years old, she has since performed at many of the world's most well-known venues including Carnegie Hall, the White House, Lincoln Center, Montreux Jazz Festival, Blue Note, and the Hollywood Bowl, among others.
At age six, Emily was the youngest composer to ever receive the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award. Orchestras all over the world have performed her original compositions and she is the 2016 recipient of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer of the Year Award. Emily loves composing for film and television and recently scored six national commercials for Weight Watcher’s “Simple Start” campaign.
Establishing herself as a classical artist, Emily performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto, No. 23 K488 at the age of seven. Other pieces in her concerto repertoire include "Rhapsody in Blue" by Gershwin and the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor.
Emily has released several CDs of original music, with her most recent, Diversity, produced by Quincy Jones for Concord Music. Emily has helped raise millions for charities across the globe through performances and events.
