
Lindveit: Spinning Yarns
Composer: Ryan Lindveit Instrumentation: Concert Band Work: Spinning Yarns (2015) Binding: Pages: 63 Description Spinning Yarns , Ryan Lindveit (2015) 10'30" for wind ensemble Grade 5-6 Awards Winner , 2016 BMI Student Composer Award Special Distinction , 2016 ASCAP/CBDNA Fennell Prize Finalist , 2016 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Honorable Mention , 2016 SCI/ASCAP Student Commission Competition Selected Compositio n, 2015 National Band Association Young Composer Mentor Project Winner , 2015 USC New Music for Wind Ensemble Competition I am fascinated by multi-layered storytelling, and _Spinning Yarns _is a result of that fascination. Margaret Atwood's novel _The Blind Assassin _was a particularly rich source of inspiration. in this novel, each chapter is part of a different sub-novel. A crime novel is right next to a memoir which is right next to a science fiction story which is right next to a romance novel. The interaction between each of these layers create