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Date<\/code><\/th>Event<\/th>Participants<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
April 15, 2020<\/td>\u201cLiving the Dream – Chris Tedesco\u201d Lecture at Metropolitan Club hosted by Karen Earle Lile. Lile introduces Bruce Chrisp to Chris Tedesco<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Bruce Chrisp
Chris Tedesco<\/td><\/tr>
July 3, 2020<\/td>Chrisp sends a \u201cThis Land is Your Land\u201d video to Lile before it is released to public.<\/td>Bruce Chrisp
Karen Earle Lile <\/td><\/tr>
July 7, 2020<\/td>Karen Lile and Rick Tittle interview Bruce Chrisp on Sail Sport Talk on Sports Byline<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Rick Tittle
Bruce Chrisp<\/td><\/tr>
July 29, 2020<\/td>\u201cMusicians of Oakland Symphony Create a New Together from their Homes\u201d – Zoom Event hosted by Karen Earle Lile for Metropolitan Club<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Bruce Chrisp
Gabrielle Wunsch
Mieko Hatano
Conway Jones<\/td><\/tr>
July 30, 2020<\/td>Lile conceives the abstract and movement concept for the project, then writes prose from which the \u201cBreathe Free on Wings in Rhythm\u201d project is named<\/td>Karen Earle Lile<\/td><\/tr>
Aug 19, 2020<\/td>\u201cConducting as a Metaphor for Life\u201d Zoom Event hosted by Lile for Metropolitan Club featuring a conversation between Lile and Oakland Symphony Maestro Michael Morgan<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Maestro Michael Morgan
Mieko Hatano
Conway Jones<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 8, 2020<\/td>Memorandum of Understanding between Oakland Symphony and Building Bridges nonprofit.<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Mieko Hatano<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 28, 2020<\/td>Yamaha Disclavier donated through Piano Finders donation project by private party to Oakland Symphony for the Breathe Free on Wings in Rhythm Project<\/td>Private Donation Name withheld<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 18, 2020<\/td>\u201cBreathe Free on Wings in Rhythm\u201d Zoom Event at Metropolitan Club hosted by Lile<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
Mieko Hatano
Bruce Chrisp
Gabrielle Wunsch<\/td><\/tr>
Dec 11, 2020<\/td>Oakland Symphony commissions Kendall Ross Bean to write the music and Lile to write the Libretto for what will become a classical Rhapsody called \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d for full orchestra, choir, tenor and soprano.<\/td>Oakland Symphony
Kendall Ross Bean
Karen Earle Lile<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 17, 2020<\/td>Thomas Vanderheide donates vintage Hamburg Steinway Grand to Oakland Symphony for Break Free on Wings of Rhythm Project in honor of his mother<\/td>Thomas Vanderheide
Piano Finders
Oakland Symphony<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 18, 2021<\/td>USPS Building Bridges Postal Cancellation Series began again during the pandemic for the Golden Gate International Exposition Anniversary. https:\/\/sanfrancisco.comteams.com<\/a> . Oakland Symphony and Break Free on Wings of Music was approved by USPS to be part of the series at a future date TBD.<\/td>USPS
Building Bridges
Treasure Island Museum
Bicentennial of Peru
BAP Union Tall Ship<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 8, 2021<\/td>Bean and Lile submit a score with a piano reduction and vocal arrangement of a 14 minute classical Rhapsody to Oakland Symphony<\/td>Kendall Ross Bean
Karen Earle Lile
Oakland Symphony<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 22, 2021<\/td>Chris Tedesco introduces James Anthony McMillen to Karen Earle Lile<\/td>Chris Tedesco
James Anthony McMillen
Karen Earle Lile<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 25, 2021<\/td>Lile introduces McMillen to Bean<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
James Anthony McMillen
Kendall Ross Bean<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 25, 2021<\/td>Sharon Litsky introduces Jonah Kim and Julie Rowe to Karen Earle Lile<\/td>Sharon Litsky
Jonah Kim
Julia Rowe
Karen Earle Lile<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 30, 2021<\/td>Karen Lile Productions Publishing commissions McMillen to write classical and jazz arrangements for \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d using March 8, 2021 score and piano recording as a basis<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
James Anthony McMillen<\/td><\/tr>
April 7, 2021<\/td>\u201cIn Conversation with Jonah Kim and Julia Rowe\u201d a zoom Event at the Metropolitan Club co-hosted by Litsky and Lile<\/td>Sharon Litsky
Jonah Kim
Julie Rowe
Karen Earle Lile<\/td><\/tr>
April 10, 2021<\/td>McMillen sends Lile the first mockup of the orchestral arrangement (a computer generated sound track). Lile visualizes a ballet story while listening to the sound file.<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
Jonah Kim<\/td><\/tr>
April 11, 2021<\/td>Lile writes the first draft of a story for a full ballet.<\/td>Karen Earle Lile<\/td><\/tr>
April 15, 2021<\/td>Karen Lile Productions Publications commissions Jonah Kim to create a solo cello musical work derived from \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
Jonah Kim<\/td><\/tr>
April 30 2021<\/td>Kim sends Lile the score and a recording of his arrangement for cello. Kim tells Lile that while he was arranging the cello part, Julia Row, his wife and principal ballerina of SF Ballet, had been improvising ballet to the music. Lile sends Kim a copy of the story for a ballet. Kim and Lile decide that it would be great to produce a 3 min video to go with the cello\/piano arrangement with a Pas de dueaux with Julia Rowe and Tiit Helimets. Kim plans to meet with Helimets to create film storyboard. Kim shares story with Row in evening. <\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Jonah Kim<\/td><\/tr>
May 1, 2021<\/td>Lile sends Jonah Kim\u2019s cello arrangement to Kendall Ross Bean and Bean agrees to write a piano accompaniment for the cello solo arrangement Jonah wrote. Kim tells Lile that Rowe loves the thought of doing this a ballet and Kim and Lile discuss using the short film featuring cello\/piano and Rowe and Helimets as a trailer and to find a ballet company willing to partner with the Break Free on Wings Of Music as a ballet, so as to get the ballet\u2019s imput before writing the additional music that would be required to complete the story.<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean<\/td><\/tr>
May 16, 2021<\/td>Lile invites Jonah Kim and Julia Rowe to go sailing on Valor with Captain Eric Jones, during a Sea Valor sail on the SF Bay. <\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Jonah Kim
Julia Rowe
Eric Jones<\/td><\/tr>
May 23, 2021<\/td>Kim introduces Lile to Leslie Ann Jones at Skywalker Ranch Sound, confirming an intention for Lile to produce a recording of the cello and piano version of \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d and also a Jazz version with a drummer to be decided upon, with sound engineer David Bowes.
<\/td>		Jonah Kim
Leslie Anne Jones
Karen Earle Lile<\/td><\/tr>
May 24, 2021<\/td>Lile emails ballet story to Rowe and Helimet. Tiit Helimet and Julia Rowe begin choreographing to cello\/piano arrangement of \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d.<\/td>Julia Rowe
Tiit Helimet
Karen Earle Lile<\/td><\/tr>
May 25, 2021<\/td>Lile books a recording session for the Break Free on Wings of Music Project as Skywalker Sound for June 15th, 2021 and hires David vR Bowles as sound engineer and Dann Thompson assistant sound engineer and Dave Ingalz as assistant producer<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Leslie Anne Jones
David vR Bowles
Dann Thompson<\/td><\/tr>
May 26, 2021<\/td>Conductor Danny Stewart recommends Leon Joyce Jr as a drummer to Kim, for the Skywalker Sound Recording.<\/td>Danny Stewart
Jonah Kim
Leon Joyce Jr<\/td><\/tr>
May 30, 2021<\/td>Kim gives Lile Joyce\u2019s email address<\/td>Jonah Kim
Karen Earle Lile
Leon Joyce Jr.<\/td><\/tr>
Jun 1, 2021<\/td>Lile discovers she and Joyce have 188 Facebook friends in common from many communities and have never met. She contacts Joyce and invites him to be part of two projects. The \u201cTwo Weeks Inside Studio D\u201d Project that started at Fantasy Studios in Sept 2018 and the \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d Project<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Leon Joyce Jr<\/td><\/tr>
Jun 1, 2021<\/td>Two Weeks Inside Project partners with the Breathe Free on Wings in Rhythm Project with a plan to add \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d as a bonus track to a new release of the music originally on KCSM Jazz benefit album \u201cTwo Weeks Inside Studio D: recorded at Fantasy Studios\u201d. The intersection of these two projects is now called: \u201cTwo Weeks Inside Breaks Free\u201d. Michael J. Kofford, Jonah Kim, Kendall Ross Bean and Leon Joyce, Jr. are the first creators to participate.<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Michael J. Kofford
Jonah Kim
Kendall Ross Bean
Leon Joyce Jr.<\/td><\/tr>
Jun 2, 2021<\/td>Karen Lile Productions commissions Leon Joyce Jr, Jonah Kim and Kendall Ross Bean to create a jazz arrangement of \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d for cello, piano and drums. Bean, Joyce and Kim come to Lile\u2019s house to meet each other for the first time and plan their collaboration<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
Jonah Kim
Leon Joyce Jr.<\/td><\/tr>
Jun 2, 2021<\/td>Grays Harbor Historical Seaport partners with the Hands Preserving History Project initiated by Lile and Bean and Piano Finders in 2018. GHHS joins Breathe Free on Wings in Rhythm Project with plans to stage an unveiling of art by Seiko Tachibana and the restoration of a the Hamburg Steinway Grand by Kendall Ross Bean, as part of the Hands Preserving History Project, with a culminating event to be included in the Breathe Free on Wings in Rhythm Project attended by the Lady Washington, a historical tall ship and museum. Piano was originally donated to Oakland Symphony by Thomas Vanderheide in memory of his mother. Then piano was sold by Piano Finders to the current owner whose Trust is donating money for its restoration and the art installation.<\/td>Brandi Bednarik
Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
Seiko Tachibana
Piano Finders
Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
Thomas Vanderheide, Chris and Connie Lin


<\/td><\/tr>
Jun 7, 2021<\/td>Karen Lile Productions commissions Rob Dehnlinger to create a 1950\u2019s Swing Band arrangement of \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d <\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Robert Dehlinger
Kendall Ross Bean<\/td><\/tr>
June 14, 2021<\/td>Lile introduces Bean to Larry Lobel. Lile has hired Larry Lobel to tune the piano for the recording session. Bean and Lobel discuss the piano tuning and voicing. Lile introduces Kofford to Bowles and Thompson to discuss future filming planned for Skywalker Sound as part of \u201cTwo Weeks Inside Breaks Free\u201d documentary for PBS.<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
Larry Lobel
Michael J. Kofford
David vR Bowles
Dann Thompson<\/td><\/tr>
June 15, 2021<\/td>Karen Lile Productions at Skywalker Sound in a Recording Session to record: 1) Break Free on Wings of Music for cello and piano 2) Sky of Dreams for cello and piano 3) Break Free on Wings of Music Jazz improvisation for cello, piano and drums 4) vocal track only for Break Free on Wings of Music for 1950\u2019s Swing Band and tenor<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
Jonah Kim
Leon Joyce Jr.
David vR Bowles
Dann Thompson
Larry Lobel<\/td><\/tr>
June 15, 2021<\/td>Otros Aires accepts commission from Karen Lile Productions to do tango arrangement derived from Bean\/Lile\u2019s original \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d piano reduction for orchestra, tenor, soprano and choir<\/td>Miguel Di Genova
Diego Ramos
Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
<\/td><\/tr>
Aug 11, 2021<\/td>Lile sends James McMillen\u2019s arrangement for orchestra, choir, tenor and soprano to Mieko Hatano to give to Oakland Symphony Conductor Michael Morgan for his comments. This is the work that was commissioned by the Oakland Symphony that began the project.<\/td>Karen Earle Lile
Kendall Ross Bean
James Anthony McMillen
Mieko Hatano<\/td><\/tr>
Aug 20, 2021
<\/td>		Oakland Symphony Conductor Michael Morgan dies<\/a> before he is able to read the score.<\/td>Michael Morgan

<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 22, 2021<\/td>James McMillen finishes the digital copies of the score and parts for Oakland Symphony and Chorus.<\/td>James Anthony McMillen<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 28, 2021<\/td>Lile arranges Mike Young\u2019s Mood Swing Orchestra, with Chris Tedesco conducting, and Jim McMillen on Trombone to do the honors of the World Premiere performance of the 1930\u2019s version of \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d. Singer TBD.<\/td>Karen Earle Lile, Chris Tedesco, James Anthony McMillen<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 15, 2021<\/td>James McMillen picks up the printed and taped score and parts from B. Williams for the 1930\u2019s Big Band Version of \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d<\/td>James Anthony McMillen
B. Williams<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 28, 2021<\/td>Grays Harbor Historical Seaport publishes first article about Hands Preserving History Project<\/a> and rebuilding of Steinway Grand that will be unveiled at a Break Free on Wings of Music Event in 2022. <\/td>Brandi Bednarik
Kendall Ross Bean
Karen Earle Lile
Lady Washington
Thomas Van der Heide
Chris and Connie Lin<\/td><\/tr>
Dec 28, 2021<\/td>Treasure Island Museum formally commissions Karen Lile Productions to produce the 83rd Anniversary Celebrations for the Golden Gate International Exposition with 3 world premieres to be part of ceremony at Building One, One Avenue of the Palms, Treasure Island Museum, San Francisco, CA. To include 1930\u2019s Version mentioned above on Sept 28, 2021. And Cello and Piano version to be performed by Jonah Kim and Kendall Ross Bean. And 1952 Steinway 9\u2019 Concert Grand (Fantasy Studios Producer Piano) with art installation \u201cCooperative Skills\u201d by Seiko Tachibana to be unveiled.<\/td>Treasure Island Museum,
Karen Earle Lile,
Michael Young,
Mood Swing Orchestra, Kendall Ross Bean, Chris Tedesco, James Anthony McMillen, Piano Finders, Seiko Tachibana
<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 19, 2022<\/td>Partnered with Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association, Treasure Island Museum, TIDA, TIYC, KMP and Building Bridges as part of Treasure Island World Fair Anniversary Celebrations<\/a> with Pacific Rim Unity Parade 2022<\/td>Treasure Island World’s Fair Anniversary Celebrations<\/td><\/tr>
April 16, 2022<\/td>Seiko Tachibana’s Art on Piano<\/a> unveiled<\/td>Treasure Island World’s Fair Anniversary Celebrations <\/a>1939-2022<\/td><\/tr>
April 16, 2022<\/td>Mood Swing Orchestra and Joe Escobar perform world premiere of 1939 Big Band Arrangement of “Break Free on Wings of Music”. <\/td>Treasure Island World’s Fair Anniversary Celebrations <\/a>1939-2022<\/td><\/tr>
April 16, 2022<\/td>Jonah Kim and Kendall Ross Bean perform world premiere of “Break Free on Wings of Music” cello-solo piano arrangement<\/td>Treasure Island World’s Fair Anniversary Celebrations <\/a>1939-2022<\/td><\/tr>
April 16, 2022<\/td>“Wings of Music” Ballet Film <\/a>with Tiit Helimets and Julia Rowe and Jonah Kim- First Screening
<\/td>		Treasure Island World’s Fair Anniversary Celebrations<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Jan 27, 2023<\/td>\u201cBreak Free\u201d for jazz piano and bass. Tammy L. Hall Jazz Arrangement in 2023 of Kendall Ross Bean\u2019s classical composition 4th Movement of \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d piano reduction originally composed Mar 8, 2021. Recorded in 3D.<\/td>Skywalker Sound, Tammy L. Hall, Ruth Davies, Kendall Ross Bean, Karen E. Lile, David vR Bowles, Dann Thompson<\/td><\/tr>
Jan 28, 2023<\/td>Kendall Ross Bean (piano) and Leberta Lor\u00e1l (soprano) record scratch vocal and piano of Kendall Ross Bean\u2019s classical composition 3rd, 4th and 5th Movement of \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d piano reduction originally composed Mar 8, 2021. Recorded in 3D. Produced by Karen E. Lile at Skywalker Sound<\/td>Skywalker Sound, Kendall Ross Bean, Leberta Lor\u00e1l, Karen E. Lile, David vR Bowles, Dann Thompson<\/td><\/tr>
Jan 29, 2023<\/td>Jaco Wong conducts Kendall Ross Bean all five movements of \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d piano reduction originally composed Mar 8, 2021. Recorded in 3D. Produced by Karen E. Lile at Skywalker Sound<\/td>Skywalker Sound, Kendall Ross Bean, Jaco Wong, Karen E. Lile, David vR Bowles, Dann Thompson<\/td><\/tr>
Jan 30, 2023<\/td>Jonah Kim (cello) and Kendall Ross Bean record an EP \u201cSongs without Words\u201d of 6 original compositions by Kendall Ross Bean arranged for cello and piano. Produced by Karen E. Lile at Skywalker Sound, Recorded in 3D.<\/td>Skywalker Sound, Jonah Kim, Kendall Ross Bean, Karen E. Lile, David vR Bowles, Dann Thompson<\/td><\/tr>
July 1, 2023<\/td>Karen E. Lile is Executive Producer of Fillmore Jazz Festival and meets Walter Atkins, an award winning photojournalist and music reviewer. The have a conversation about the \u201cTwo Weeks Inside Studio D\u201d Project .<\/td>Fillmore Jazz Festival, Fillmore Street at California, San Francisco, CA<\/td><\/tr>
Aug 19, 2023<\/td>Walter comes to Piano Finders in Pleasant Hill and Karen gives Walter a copy 197 of 200 of promo copy CD of \u201cTwo Weeks Inside Studio D\u201d that was manufactured as a gift for donors to the KCSM fundraiser and tells story of the music and the album.<\/td>Walter Atkins, Karen E. Lile at Piano Finders in Pleasant Hill, CA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>
~~~~~<\/strong>Date<\/code>~~~~~<\/strong><\/td>~~~~~~~Event~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/td>~~~Participants<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tfoot><\/table>
Chronology for the Breathe Free on Wings in Rhythm Project, which gave birth to \u201cBreak Free on Wings of Music\u201d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date Event Participants April 15, 2020 \u201cLiving the Dream – Chris Tedesco\u201d Lecture at Metropolitan Club hosted by Karen Earle Lile. Lile introduces Bruce Chrisp to Chris Tedesco Karen Earle Lile Bruce ChrispChris Tedesco July 3, 2020 Chrisp sends a \u201cThis Land is Your Land\u201d video to Lile before it is released to public. Bruce … <\/p>\n

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