{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Approaching | type = Live | artist = Symphony Number One, Jordan Randall Smith | cover = SNO Approaching Album Cover 01.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2017|11|3}} | recorded = September 23, 2016 – August 27, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland | venue = {{hlist|Lovely Lane Methodist Church|Light Street Presbyterian Church|Emmanuel Episcopal Church}} | studio = | genre = Contemporary classical | length = 79:11 | label = SNOtone | producer = {{hlist|Dan Rorke|Jordan Randall Smith {{small|(also exec.)}}}} | chronology = Symphony Number One | prev_title = More<br />(2016) | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
'''''Approaching''''' is the fourth live album by contemporary classical chamber orchestra Symphony Number One. The album was released on November 3, 2017 and features the music of Nicholas Bentz, Martha Horst, and Hangrui Zhang.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Tim |title=Symphony Number One showcases new work from diverse composers. |work= The Baltimore Sun |date=August 23, 2017 |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bs-wk-arts-story-0825-story.html |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marthacallisonhorst.com/news/straussian-landscapes-released-on-cd|title=Straussian Landscapes released on CD|last=Horst|first=Martha|website=MARTHA CALLISON HORST – COMPOSER|access-date=2018-01-01}}</ref> The majority of the disk is taken up by Nicholas Bentz’s work ''Approaching Eternity''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Music News Desk |title=SNO's 4th Album APPROACHING Features 80 Minutes Of New Music. |work= BroadwayWorld |date=November 12, 2017 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/SNOs-4th-Album-APPROACHING-Features-80-Minutes-Of-New-Music-20171114 |accessdate=December 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nicholasbentz.net/approaching-eternity|title=Approaching Eternity|last=Bentz|first=Nicholas|website=Nicholas Bentz|access-date=2018-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wbjc.com/2017/playlists/playlist-dec-30-17/|title=Playlist: Dec/30/17 « WBJC|website=www.wbjc.com|access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{track listing | total_length = 79:11 | title1 = Straussian Landscapes | music1 = Martha Horst<ref>{{cite web |last=Lundquist |first=Tiffany |title=Symphony Number One Opened September 23 and 24 with Wealth of Winds |work=The Peabody Post |date=October 25, 2015 |url=https://peabodyinstitute.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/symphony-number-one-opened-september-23-and-24-with-wealth-of-winds/ |accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> | length1 = 21:56 | title2 = Baltimore Prelude | music2 = Hangrui Zhang<ref>{{cite web |last=Scherch |first=John |title=Playlist: Dec/04/17 |work=WBJC |date=December 4, 2017 |url=http://www.wbjc.com/2017/playlists/playlist-dec-04-17 |accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref> | length2 = 3:21 | title3 = Approaching Eternity | music3 = Nicholas Bentz<ref>{{cite web |last= Lundquist |first=Tiffany |title=Nicholas Bentz on New Symphony Number One Album |work=The Peabody Post |date=August 13, 2017 |url=https://peabodyinstitute.wordpress.com/2017/08/18/nicholas-bentz-on-new-symphony-number-one-album// |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref> | length3 = 53:54 |all_writing=|title4=|length4=|title5=|length5=|title6=|length6=|title7=|length7=|title8=|length8=|title9=|length9=|title10=|length10=|title11=|length11=|title12=|length12=|title13=|length13=|title14=|length14=|title15=|length15=|title16=|length16=|title17=|length17=|title18=|length18=|title19=|length19=|title20=|length20=}}
==Personnel== ;Symphony Number One<ref>{{cite web |title=Symphony Number One – Approaching |date=December 16, 2016 |url=http://symphonynumber.one/approaching |accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref>
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* Sarah Eckman McIver – flute * Garrett Hale – oboe * Julia Perry – oboe * James Duncan – clarinet * Scott Johnson Jr. – clarinet * Melissa Johnson Lander – clarinet * Mateen Milan – bassoon * Kika Wright – bassoon * Kelso Jones – horn * Selena Maytum – French horn * Scott Ullman – French horn * Andrew Ezell – trumpet * Sarah Manley – trombone * Matthew Stiens – percussion * Elizabeth G. Hill – piano * Kristin Bakkegard – violin * Christopher Ciampoli – violin * Karin Kilper – viola * Colin Webb – viola * Mike Newman – cello * Michael Rittling – Double bass * Jordan Randall Smith – conductor
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* Drew Dardis – flute * Cindy Dong – bassoon * Clifton Guidry III – bassoon * Juan Carlos Martinez – clarinet * Juan Esteban Martinez – clarinet * Jordan Dinkins – French horn * Noah Tingen – French horn * Gabriel Luciano – trombone * Adrienne Knauer – harp * Minjin Lee – violin * Phoebe Leng – violin * Audrey Maxner – violin * William Weijia Wang – violin * Trista Wong – violin * Hangchen Xiao – violin * Colin Webb – viola * Robert Kaufman – cello * Doug Ohashi – Double bass
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==References== {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == *{{official website|http://symphonynumber.one/approaching}} *{{Discogs release|11131861|Approaching}} *{{MusicBrainz release|mbid=9df0532d-490f-466d-a501-64c871cda427}}
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