ERIC EWAZEN studied music at the Eastman School and at Juilliard, where he has been on the faculty since 1980. His compositions have been commissioned and premiered by ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the American Brass Quintet, and the Ahn Trio, and he was composer-in-residence for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. The third movement of his Symphony in Brass has been used by NPR as the theme music for its political coverage.

— John Henken