One Life Beautiful by Julie Giroux

March 9, 2019: Night of the T-Bone
Performed at Graham-Kapowsin High School
Directed by Bob Rink
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Julie Giroux was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and attended Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) and Boston University. She has studied composition with John Williams, Bill Conti, and Jerry Goldsmith. After graduating from school, Giroux moved to Los Angeles, where she began composing, arranging, and conducting music for television and films.

Giroux wrote the alluring and captivating piece One Life Beautiful as a commission by Ray Cramer, former director of bands at Indiana University. The composition pays tribute to Cramer's daughter Heather Cramer Rue, whose life was tragically cut short by a car accident in the summer of 2009. The title has a double meaning. One refers to the delightful "one life" beautifully lived by Cramer's daughter and the strong impact she had on those around her. The other meaning emphasizes that having one life is what makes our existence so sacred and cherished. Giroux demonstrates her experience as an adept composer of eloquent and passionate music for film and television in this moving work.

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The South Sound Symphonic Band is a 501(c)(3) non-profit consisting of talented amateur and semiprofessional musicians who enjoy the challenge of rehearsing and performing to high musical standards as well as each other’s company. Founded in 1983 as the Federal Way Community Band later the Federal Way Symphonic Band and in 2000 under its current name performs four concerts per season throughout the South Sound region of Washington State.