R. Carlos Nakai to Perform Vision II by Judith Sainte Croix with the San Juan Symphony, Arthur Post, Music Director - February 19 and 20 Performances in Farmington, New Mexico and Durango, Colorado Native American flute virtuoso R. Carlos Nakai and the San Juan Symphony, Arthur Post, Music Director, will perform Vision II by American composer Judith Sainte Croix in two concerts entitled "The Song of the Earth", on February 19th - 7:30 PM at the Farmington Civic Center, 200 West Arrington in Farmington, New Mexico and on Sunday February 20th - 3 PM at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive in Durango, Colorado. Vision II was commissioned by Heliosphere and premiered in New York City. This 11-minute work is one of a series of pieces the composer has dedicated to the survival of the Native people of the Americas. Depicting Cherokee history poetically, the piece unfolds in three sections. The beginning represents a point before the arrival of Europeans, then moves into the crisis of contact with Europeans and finally in the third section is resolved with the rebirth of the Cherokee Nation in the West. Vision II was recorded by Heliosphere for the Sonic Muse CD release Visions of Light and Mystery. Also on the concert are works by John Williams, Alan Hovhaness, R. Carlos Nakai, Jose Pablo Moncayo, Tobias Picker and Aaron Copland. Tickets range from $5 to $25 and can be purchased from the Farmington Civic Center - 505-599-1148 and from the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College - 970-247-7657 or online from the San Juan Symphony at http://www.sanjuansymphony.com/tickets.html. Composer, pianist and vocalist Judith Sainte Croix has created opera, chamber, orchestral and electronic music that has been commissioned and performed across the United States and in Europe by such ensembles as Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Canton Symphony, Minnesota Youth Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Composer's Concordance and the Sonora Ensemble. She has been a recipient of grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), the Jerome Foundation (twice), the Mary Flagler Cary Trust Recording Program, the Heathcote Arts Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts for the creation of a multimedia work on the life of Louis Armstrong. Her debut Sonic Muse CD release Visions of Light and Mystery, features 5 of her major chamber works, including Vision I and Vision II. Her website is at http://www.judithsaintecroix.com. R. Carlos Nakai is perhaps the most famous and well known of all Native American flute players. His numerous CD releases have made the Native American flute familiar to countless people around the world. Visit him online at http://www.rcarlosnakai.com/. The San Juan Symphony is a regional orchestra uniting the Four Corners area by nurturing the art of music through education and high quality performances that touch the soul. In the early 1970's, amateur musicians in Farmington, New Mexico and Durango, Colorado founded two separate orchestras. Today, the combined groups form the core of a 65 member orchestra that draws musicians from the entire Four Corners region. In his third season as Music Director of the orchestra, Arthur Post is building a reputation for groundbreaking programming that combines the great classics with music reflecting local land, cultures and concerns. He enjoys a distinguished record with major orchestras in the United States and Europe. Visit him and the orchestra at http://www.sanjuansymphony.com. For more information about composer Judith Sainte Croix, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 - tel & fax or by E-mail at [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166 Website: http://www.jamesarts.com