Thursday, February 28th, 2013 -- Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL

"The Music of William C. Wright" celebrated its official release as the first installment of the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation's 2013 "Break the Box" series! The event included live performances, a brief talk, and a series of historical images. Much of the support for this project has come by way of the many Frank Lloyd Wright fans and docents in the Oak Park area, so this event was also a community celebration of our joint effort to bring this recording to fruition!

More information about the event can be found here.

Photographs below!

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Emily Roth, Executive Director of the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, welcomes the 80-90 attendees.

David Patterson shares biographical details about William Wright as well as historic images via Powerpoint presentation.

Kuang-Hao Huang performed several solo piano works by William Wright and accompanied the vocal selections as well.

Laura Lynch, soprano, performing William Wright's "O Linger Not Love."

Matthew Dean, tenor, and Kuang-Hao Huang (piano) perform William Wright's "The Mother's Awaiting."

A special highlight of the evening was a performance of William Wright's "The Sunny Side of Life," with verses for solo voice and choruses for vocal quartet. (Kuang-Hao Huang, piano; Laura Lynch, soprano; Matthew Dean, tenor; Sheetal Heinert, alto; Tom Crawford, bass.)

At the conclusion of the presentation, David Patterson publicly announced the founding of Permelia Records.

A lively Q & A session followed! Many thanks to the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation for inviting us to be the first event in its 2013 "Break the Box" series! A good time was had by all!