Books: The Notes Will Carry Me Home

THE NOTES WILL CARRY ME HOME

Area author curates an anthology of writings on music in association with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra

Joshua Britton may have recently relocated to Louisville, Kentucky, but his heart remains in this little community of ours where he spent the last six years working as a professional musician in collaboration with the Evansville Philharmonic

and other area orchestras. Long story short, he truly misses us. But Britton's connection to southern Indiana hasn't

been completely severed; in fact, with a new book set to be released this month at the EPO Classics concert on October

16, he's as in the mix as ever, brilliantly bringing together his two greatest passions: music and writing.

An idea that was brewing in the back of Britton's mind for some time, The Notes Will Carry Me Home features writings on music from 28 tri-state authors, including EPO Music Director Roger Kalia and Conductor Laureate Alfred Savia. The former reflects on "the difficulties of navigating an orchestra season through a worldwide pandemic" while the latter considers the legacy he left behind after three decades at the podium. But that's just a sampling of what's between the covers. Primarily focused on classical music - there's lovely poetry inspired by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, for example, and Britton himself examines how legendary film director Stanley Kubrick spotlighted the world's greatest composers in movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange - this engaging "love letter to Evansville and the arts" also touches on Irish music, choir music in Africa,

the history of radio, the field of musicology and much more.

Quite fittingly, this illuminating collection of writings will see release at the Evansville Philharmonic's October 16

Classics concert at the Victory Theatre entitled Literature in Music, showcasing the inexorable link between the two art forms. The program's two main pieces, "Romeo & Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - both based on beloved Shakespeare works - will serve as the perfect soundtrack to the unveiling of The Notes Will Carry Me Home which has received full support from Kalia. It was he who suggested Britton make the book's release official at the EPO's

performance.

*In addition to the Classics concert this month, the EPO begins an all-new Bourbon Series on October 21 at the Dusty Barn Distillery, featuring bourbon tasting, food trucks and music. For tickets and more info, visit evansvillephilharmonic.org.

For more info about Joshua Britton, visit joshua-britton.com. The Notes Will Carry Me Home is released through Bird Brain Publishing.