The Colorado Mesa University Wind Symphony, under direction of Dr. Calvin Hofer, has hosted the annual and continually growing Best of the West Music Festival.  In 2007, Ewazen was guest composer and commissioned for a new concert band work to celebrate Grand Junction and the towering Grand Mesa that rises above the town.  "Inspired by the grand landscape, I set out to write a work which was rich, resonant, colorful, and bold, a tribute to this amazing scenery which I ultimately had the pleasure of seeing and exploring first hand."