Innsbruck Variations for Youth Orchestra

This new work for youth orchestra is a set of symphonic variations on the Innsbruck theme, which is also recognizable as the source melody of the Lutheran hymn, Now All the Woods are Sleeping.

This work will be complete in 2007, and available here as a free download in tribute to my brother-in-law, Jeremy Dawkins. (1978 — 2006).

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More about Jeremy:

JEREMY T. DAWKINS, 28, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Fort Wayne, died Thursday, June 29, 2006. Born April 19, 1978, the son of David and Jane (Tagtmeyer) Dawkins, in Fort Wayne. He joined the Nashville
Symphony library staff in May 2001 at the invitation of former Principal Librarian. He got his start in the library business while interning with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. He was a member of the Major Orchestra
Librarians Association (MOLA). He enjoyed photography, yoga, reading and watching old films. He loves Ohio State football and Cleveland Indians baseball. He was a graduate of South Side High School and Manchester College in 2000. A member of First Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Nashville.

Please send memorials to Nashville Symphony, One Symphony Place, Nashville, TN 37201-2031 or Manchester College or the Save the Music Foundation.

His obituary as published in the Fort Wayne Newspapers on 7/3/2006

Some words about Jeremy from his co-wrokers at The Nashville Symphony:

"Jeremy and I worked side by side in the library for 4 years. His calm manner and even disposition made it easy to spend so much time with him. And his conscientious work ethic made my job a lot easier as well. But beyond that, he was a thoughtful, caring person, who helped others and was good friends with so many here on the Symphony staff, including me. I feel honored to have been able to share so much of my time with him, and I will always miss him." - Wilson Ochoa, Principal Librarian

"He was a kind guy; so caring and sweet and always generous."

"He cared so much about the Symphony and its future. He was even taking ballroom dance lessons for the Gala Opening of Schermerhorn Symphony Center. He will be greatly missed."

"I had a very high regard for Jeremy’s professionalism and love of music. He and I spent a lot of time talking music and sharing laughs. He had a wonderfully dark sense of humor and a classic laugh with a hilarious snort every few seconds. There's a bit of Eastern wisdom that says, 'in order for a forest to be green each tree must be green.' Jeremy was a particularly lovely shade of green."

"Like the Cleveland Indians hat that he always donned... Jeremy will always be around and with us and Schermerhorn Symphony Center."

"Although we were natural-born enemies – Jeremy was an Ohio State fan, and I, a Michigan fan – I immediately fell in love with his kind, generous nature and his deep passion for music. Jeremy was blessed with much love from his immediate family and his orchestral family, and he will be greatly missed by all."

More Tributes here.