Sheffield University Wind Orchestra is led by conductor Gareth Widdowson, and regularly tours across Europe.
This performance will include a performance of Rising Light by Thai-American composer Kevin Charoensri. The piece was written in response to racist attacks against Asian American woman in the US.
Kevin has said that he ‘wanted this piece to non-apologetically celebrate both the beautiful cultures I grew up in. While there are dark moments in this piece, I wanted this piece to celebrate the beautiful bi-cultural identity of Asian Americans’.