The Girl in White (ballet)

[3] The ballet was commissioned and first recorded by James Ackley and the Palmetto Camerata with funding by a University of South Carolina Provosts’ Research Grant[4] and additional support from two Crowdfunding campaigns through Kickstarter and GoFundMe.

Program notes[5] (included in the published score) state: The Girl in White is the story of a young man, Ambrosio, who learns to love against all odds...even to death.

The members of the Palmetto Camerata cannot go without mention - in particular, the soprano tones of saxophonist Clifford L. Leaman were a perfect match to Ackley throughout.” The Girl in White was filmed as a modern dance by the Ipswich Moving Company on August 30 and 31, 2012.

[10] The Girl in White was recorded by the Palmetto Camerata at the University of South Carolina (January, 5 & 6, 2012) and released by Beauport Classical (BC41213) on CD in 2012.

[3] The American Record Guide review of the CD states:[1] In a short overture piano, marimba, and strings open mysteriously; but the music is whirling by the end.

[13] Ackley has referred to Bradshaw's music as “unmistakably American, with a mixture of jazz and rock rhythms superimposed over fanciful melodies that ring true for the audience”[14]