A composer equally accustomed to writing for orchestra, opera, film, theater, chorus, piano and chamber ensembles, Brian Wilbur Grundstrom’s voice includes a strong affinity for long melodic lines, distinctive tonal harmonic vocabulary, engaging rhythms, skillfully executed counterpoint, and dramatic imagery. Audiences take to his compositions immediately, finding in his music traces of Copland and Puccini, along with a bit of film score. Classically trained in piano as well as music theory from Gettysburg College, he continued studies with John David Earnest. Conducted by Maestro Erik Ochsner, An Orchestral Journey was released in 2016 by Parma Recordings under the Navona Records label with distribution by Naxos. Ochsner writes: Many audiences cringe at the thought of new music. We had such positive feedback from audiences on how much they enjoyed Grundstrom's work. It is modern, yet tonal. Grundstrom’s orchestral music has been performed by Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro (Brazil), La Orquesta Sinfonica De Loja and La Orquestra Sinfónica de Guayaquil (Ecuador), Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia, SONOS Chamber Orchestra, North/South Consonance, Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, Trinity Chamber Orchestra, George Washington University Orchestra, NIH Philharmonia, Oconomowoc Chamber Orchestra, Holyoke Civic Symphony, and The Queer Urban Orchestra. Brian is writing an opera for Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls. www.brianwilbur.com.