Somewhere Far Away
Gabrielle Goodman (soprano), Armstead Christian (tenor), Roy Belfield (piano), Louise Toppin (soprano), Desire Dubose (mezzo), Julius William (tenor), Fred Wygal (narrator), Dvorak Symphony Orchestra, Winston Salem State University Choir, Reston Chorale, Julius Williams
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Julius P. Williams is an award-winning conductor, composer, recording artist, educator, author and artistic director. A prolific composer, Williams has created dozens of works for virtually every genre of contemporary classical performance. His film score for Lifetime TV's Fighting for our Future won the Gracie Allen Documentary Award in 2003. Williams included the composition by Joe Westmoreland (Somewhere Far Away) as a tribute to him and to his mentor Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, who orchestrated Westmoreland's work.