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The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) with National School Orchestra Association, is proud to announce that Randen Heywood, who teaches music at Valley High School and Valley Elementary School in Orderville, Utah, has been named winner of the 2005 Merle J. Isaac Composition Contest.
Angel's Landing, Heywood's winning full orchestra composition, is named after the famous hiking attraction in Zion National Park. Paralleling a hike to Angel's Landing, Heywood's composition has two main contrasting themes: the rhythmically charged theme represents struggle and perseverance, while the lyric theme represents the feeling of satisfaction in completing something difficult but worthwhile. Both themes are introduced separately, then put together ...