{"id":2079133,"date":"2025-10-09T10:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2079133"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:09:50","slug":"wpr-music-new-album-of-the-week-ascension-symphonina-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wpr-music-new-album-of-the-week-ascension-symphonina-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"WPR Music new album of the week: \u2018Ascension: Symphonina Rising\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WPR highlighted a new genre called the symphonina last year; it\u2019s designed specifically for streaming audiences, and I wrote about it <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/music\/introducing-the-symphonina-a-new-genre-designed-for-streaming-audiences\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/symphonina.org\/home\">the Symphonina Foundation<\/a> has continued to gather steam, recently releasing their fourth album, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ascension-fyc.org\/ascension-symphonina-rising\">Ascension: Symphonina Rising<\/a>.\u201d It\u2019s comprised once again of what the organization <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/symphonina.org\/whats-a-symphonina\">refers to<\/a> as small complete melodic symphonies, each movement the length of a typical streaming pop tune.<\/p>\n<p>This new album features composers Jordan Jinosko, Christopher Reed, Alexander Unseth, David Fogel and Daniel Fisher, all of whose symphoninas have been featured on WPR classical broadcasts in the past.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpr-injected-form wp-block-wpr-theme-gravity-form\">\n<div class=\"gf_browser_unknown gform_wrapper gravity-theme gform-theme--no-framework\" data-form-theme=\"gravity-theme\" data-form-index=\"0\" id=\"gform_wrapper_2\">\n<div class=\"gform_heading\">\n<h2 class=\"gform_title\">News with a little more humanity<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gform_description\">WPR\u2019s \u201cWisconsin Today\u201d newsletter keeps you connected to the state you love without feeling overwhelmed. No paywall. No agenda. No corporate filter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jinosko: Symphonina No. 2 (Tales from the Aviary) , Movement 1 (Entering the Garden)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NZIgV8md_-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/symphonina.org\/awards\">awards<\/a> for symphoninas as a classical genre have been rolling in, with this latest release already winning one contemporary classical award from the Hollywood Independent Music Awards, and two from the Clouzine International Music Awards. Past nods have come from Billboard, the Global Music, Elite Music, LIT Music and World Entertainment Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The Symphonina Foundation hosts an annual <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/symphonina.org\/music-competitions\">composition contest<\/a> with a valuable prize for emerging composers \u2013 their scores are recorded by high caliber orchestral musicians. On this new release, that\u2019s either the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Budapest Scoring Orchestra or the International Symphonina Orchestra. That last one is made up of young diverse musicians from all over the world who perform and submit their music virtually.<br \/>All of this work \u2014 whether recording, composing or sharing music \u2014 comes out of the Symphonina Foundation\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/symphonina.org\/home\">mission<\/a> to spread the joy of symphonic music to young audiences.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unseth: Symphonina No. 2 (Childhood Symphonina) , Movement 1 (Fairytales)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/izavV3kBMP8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"wpr-copyright\">\n<div class=\"wpr-copyright__content\">\n<p><em>Wisconsin Public Radio, \u00a9 Copyright 2025, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wpr.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WPR highlighted a new genre called the symphonina last year; it\u2019s designed specifically for streaming audiences, and I wrote about it here. 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