Dream For Light Years by Michael Alec Rose by Fine Arts Gallery

This score was composed by Michael Alec Rose, inspired by paintings by California-based artist Ali Smith, and performed by distinguished faculty of the Vanderbilt Blair School of Music: Molly Barth (flute, Stephen Miahky (violin), Jeremy Wilson (trombone) and Felix Wang (cello). Image: Detail of painting by Ali Smith: "Fille Unique," 2020, oil on canvas, 60 x 42 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Michael Alec Rose is Professor of Composition at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music, and a composer of symphonic, chamber, piano, vocal, wind ensemble, ballet and theater music. From 2005 to 2016, he co-directed an international exchange program between Vanderbilt University and the Royal Academy of Music, London. Rose has composed eight string quartets, all premiered by distinguished ensembles, at venues including the Library of Congress, Tate St. Ives (Cornwall, England) and the Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, Texas).