It’s here! The Dragon Dream album premiere!
The Dragon Dream album will be premiered at the 79th Midwest Clinic at McCormick Place West, Chicago, IL, from December 17—19, 2025.
After a world tour with nearly 50 concerts on five continents, the final recorded project is debuting in Chicago. The Midwest Clinic is the “world’s largest instrumental music education conference, annually drawing approximately 17,000 attendees to Chicago from all 50 states and as many as forty countries,” making the album release that much more exciting!
Thanks to the five world-class collaborators, seven internationally-recognized composers, and a production team second to none! Stay tuned for information related to the digital release, expected in March 2026.
THE VISION
Regardless of the form, instrumentation, genre, medium, or length, the compositions for this project must adhere to the vision of “The Dragon Dream” (龙之梦). This dream is an intangible concept seeded in the minds of China’s youth, or the youth of those born abroad of Chinese heritage, with knowledge of the culture’s former greatness and power, which institutes a nearly insurmountable challenge to hew to, or perhaps reclaim the status of the culture’s former glory. This journey is often personal and can be experienced spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, and in many other ways. Regardless, receiving a calling from the honorable ancestral homeland can be experienced through oral histories, memories, dreams, spiritual connections, and unidentifiable pressures from the supernatural forces of the unrelenting dragon within oneself.
Learn more about The Dragon Dream project below.
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