“Music of variety and substance, stylishly played; another Rolls-Royce recording from Reference.” — Dan Morgan, Music Web International, March 2016

Jerry Junkin conducts The Universiy of Texas Wind Ensemble, and is also the Artistic Director and Conductor of The Dallas Winds, and Music Director and Conductor of the Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia. Reference Recordings is proud to have released nine albums conducted by Jerry Junkin.

Four outstanding wind band composers are represented on this album. The title piece by John Mackey, "Wine Dark Sea," is the world premiere recording of this important new work. Commissioned by the UTWE for the 100th Anniversary of The Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, it has been performed in front of ecstatic audiences and received raves around the world.

Reference Recordings is proud to present it alongside important works by Dan Welcher, Donald Grantham and Frank TicheliI. This is contemporary wind band music at its best, in extraordinary performances.

The repertoire on this new album was performed internationally by the UTWE on their 25 Day Around The World Tour in Summer 2014, then recorded in September 2014 by Reference Recordings' Grammy Award-winning engineer Keith Johnson at Bates Recital Hall, The University of Texas.

Track Listing
Dan Welcher
1. Spumante

Donald Grantham
2. Jai ete Au Bal

Frank Ticheli
Concerto For Clarinet
3. Rhapsoy for George
4. Song for Aaron
5. Riffs for Lenny

John Mackey
Wine Dark Sea: Symphony For Band
6. Hubris
7. Immortal Thread, So Weak
8. The Attentions of Souls