We Make Music

Type
Piece
Composer
Drew Corey
Composer Nationality
American
Text
Drew Dellinger
Year Composed
2018
Pages
3
Minutes
4
Language
English
Voicing
6 part treble chorus
Sacred or Secular
Secular
Mood
Sparse, distant, minimal
Description

We Make Music, commissioned by the Marin School of the Arts, sets an excerpt of Drew Dellinger’s poem of the same name. “Scattered shards of shattered stars. We make music.” Small fragments repeated individually by each singer create a texture evocative of the imagery in Dellinger’s writing. This is balanced by rich harmonies against the moments of fragility.

Audio Credit
Umberto Belfiore, video and recording
Group
C3LA
Performances
C3LA: May 2018 (Conversations with Strangers)