Jake Runestad

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Andrew Trachsel so beautifully led the UNT Wind Studies wind orchestra and choirs in “Vincent’s Sky” at the CBDNA - College Band Directors National Association conference at UNT College of Music. And such fantastic choral preparation by Jessica Napoles and Marques L. A. Garrett.

Vincent's Sky - Jake Runestad "Vincent's Sky" by Jake Runestad. Performed by the University of North Texas Wind Orchestra and Choirs at the CBDNA Southwestern Conference. Andrew Trachsel,...

A HUGE thanks to Andrew Trachsel, Jessica Napoles, Marques L. A. Garrett, and the students at UNT College of Music for your gorgeous and powerful performance of “Vincent’s Sky” at the CBDNA - College Band Directors National Association conference. You all sang and played with intention and grace and moved all of us by telling Vincent’s story.

Also, a big thanks to Andrew Hunter and the UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony for your moving performance of “Let My Love Be Heard.” I loved working with you!

It’s always a joy to get back to my band roots (saxophones, represent!).

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“Flower Into Kindness” originated as a movement of my larger choral-orchestral work “Into the Light,” and it’s now available for wind ensemble. Huge thanks to Rickey Badua and Mitchell Fennell at for commissioning this transcription back in 2020.

This version was commissioned in 2020 as a tribute to those lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to moving forward in the hope of making music again.

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