Meet who’s involved

Mohammed Fairouz - New York-based composer who was commissioned to write “In the Shadow of No Towers” for the KU Wind Ensemble

Paul W. Popiel - Director of bands at the University of Kansas, who has commissioned and premiered numerous new works for the wind ensemble

Art Spiegelman - Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and illustrator whose graphic novel “In the Shadow of No Towers” inspired Fairouz’s symphony

Jim Zakoura - Founder of the nonprofit foundation Reach Out Kansas Inc., which commissioned Fairouz to write “In the Shadow of No Towers”