Album Notes

Attention to detail. Every note, every nuance just so. Fresh. Creative, out-of-the-ordinary arrangements. Unusual instrument combinations. Definitely not your run-of-the-mill, mundane, sound-alike writing. Curl up by the fire and let the music transport your imagination to far away places.

COMPOSER'S BIO
Jesse Ayers has had his "classical" concert music performed in Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Russia, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, and over 85 U.S. cities, and has twice had his music selected by the International Society of Contemporary Music to represent the United States at the prestigious World Music Days festival.

His more important works explore the interaction between the spiritual and natural worlds and the redemptive intervention of God in the affairs of the human race. Ayers' works engage his listeners, transforming them from spectators into participants.

Ayers also has a fun-loving side to his music writing with arrangements on this CD such as the CARIBBEAN FANTASY and WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS, music filled with energy, rhythmic syncopations, and bright, cheerful harmonies.

Ayers has received 15 awards from ASCAP, and grants from Meet the Composer, the American Music Center, and the Ohio Arts Council.