Dare to Dream (Yanni album)

Dare to Dream
Studio album by Yanni
Released	1992
Genre	Contemporary instrumental Soft adult contemporary Easy listening New Age
Length	59:05
Label	Private Music
Producer	Yanni
Yanni chronology
In Celebration of Life (1991) Dare to Dream (1992) In My Time (1993)

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Dare to Dream is Yanni's eighth album, released on the Private Music label in 1992 (see 1992 in music). The album peaked at #2 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart and at #32 on the "Billboard 200" chart in the same year. It went gold within two months of its release and was nominated for a Grammy.

The album was followed by the sell-out, 65-city Dare to Dream concert tour which challenged audiences "not to be afraid to dream."

His newest album, "Dare to Dream," says Yanni, "comes from a realization that not only don't people go after their dreams, they are often afraid to dream at all. If we don't dare to dream, we can't shape our future".

Album

Track listing

1. "Once Upon a Time" – 3:53
2. "A Love for Life" – 5:10
3. "Nice to Meet You" – 5:37
4. "So Long My Friend" – 3:50
5. "You Only Live Once" – 7:22
6. "To the One Who Knows" – 5:40
7. "Face in the Photograph" – 3:49
8. "Felitsa" – 4:47
9. "Desire" – 5:02
10. "Aria" – 4:00
11. "A Night to Remember" – 5:48
12. "In the Mirror" – 4:07

Personnel

• All music composed and produced by Yanni

RIAA certification

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold and Platinum database entries:

• (G=Gold, P=Platinum, M=Multi-Platinum)

• YANNI DARE TO DREAM 08/06/92 PRIVATE MUSIC G ALBUM SOLO Std
• YANNI DARE TO DREAM 05/05/94 PRIVATE MUSIC P ALBUM SOLO Std

The Dare to Dream concert tour

Dates

Early 1992

Cities

65 cities

The band

This 2 hour and 15 minute concert is performed completely live and showcases the broad range of Yanni's music through a unique marriage of acoustic and electronic sound. Yanni and two additional keyboardists (Bradley Joseph and Julie Homi), are backed by a rhythm section headed by Charlie Adams on drums, with Michael Bruno on percussion and Osama Afifi on bass, and a string section featuring Charlie Bisharat and Karen Briggs on violin, and Sachi McHenry on cello.

• Charlie Adams – drums
• Osama Afifi – bass guitar
• Charlie Bisharat – violin
• Karen Briggs – violin
• Michael Bruno – percussion
• Julie Homi – keyboards
• Bradley Joseph – keyboards
• Sachi McHenry – cello

Tour production

• Yanni's Manager: Jeff D. Klein
• Booking Agent: Fred Bohlander, Monterey Peninsula Artists
• Tour Manager: Vincent Corry
• Prod. Mgr/Designer: David "Gurn" Kaniski
• House Sound Mixer: Tommy Sterling
• Stage Monitor Mixer: Paul Serault
• Stage Manager: Peter Feldman
• Drum/Bass Tech: Jeff Buswell
• Keyboard Tech: Peter Maher
• Vari-lite Operator: Bryan Faris
• Sound Tech: Tracy Kuntsmann
• Lighting Crew Chief: Gus Thomson
• Lighting Tech: Tod Metz
• Tour Accountant: Diane Kramer, Numbers, Inc.
• Set Construction: George & Goldberg
• Wardrobe: Lynn Bugai
• Yanni's Assistant: Susan Smela
• Tour Publicity: Dione Dirito

• Special Thanks
• Yanni thanks E-mu Systems for providing the state-of-the-art sound generating equipment, including 4 Emulator IIIs, Proteus 1 and 2s, and 2 Procussion units used in the performance.

Miscellaneous

The music Once Upon A Time was adopted by TVB as the background music of world weather from July 28, 1991 to December 31, 2009.

External links

• Official Website
• Dare to Dream at Allmusic