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| Who I Want To Be
Choral SATB
SATB, Piano
Carl Fischer
Choral SATB Choir and Piano SKU: CF.CM9787 Composed by Coty Raven Morris....(+)
Choral SATB Choir and Piano SKU: CF.CM9787 Composed by Coty Raven Morris. Arranged by Saleel Menon. Duration 3:45. Carl Fischer Music #CM9787. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9787). ISBN 9781491164587. UPC: 680160923496. Key: D major. English. Original. The text for the first voicing (SSA) of this piece came to me in the fall of 2020 while teaching at Crosby High School in Crosby, Texas. My students, though enthusiastic to be back in Choir, were struggling to cope with the civil unrest around them, in addition to the pandemic. When considering how I could help them navigate this time, I realized that they were in need of some sort of consistency, of feeling grounded in themselves. As we focused on building of community and citizenship, this text and tune came to mind, each phrase highlighting an element of personal and community wellness.I lead with my spirit keeping love in the circle around me. (Social)Expressing my spirit (Occupational)Loving what I can see and cannot see, I'll take care of the vessel I am in (Physical)I love with me that's under the skin (Emotional)Taking care of my mind (Intellectual)Envisioning the me I want to be (Spiritual)I had the honor of collaborating with composer/educator Saleel Menon to create the beautiful piano accompaniment and SATB setting.Who I Want To Be opens with a solo functioning as a mantra throughout the tune. As the piece continues, voices join in unison and harmony to emphasize the intent.When the repeats in mm. 48–51 occur, invite students to share some of their own mantras and affirmations, or feel free to borrow from the words my students in the Crosby HS choir inspired me to write:Allow yourself graceI am persistentI am fragile, not brokenYou are worthyI am worthyI know that your success is not my demise!The only validation I need is my ownI believe in myselfI see youIt’s okay to not be okayBreatheI love and I am lovedPrepare yourself for not only a powerful performance, but a rewarding experience and conversations with your students.THIS is the piece you want stuck in your students’ heads!~CRM. $2.30 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | | |
| Robert Saxton: Chacony For Piano, Left Hand
Piano solo
Chester
Piano SKU: HL.14028848 Composed by Robert Saxton. Music Sales America. Cl...(+)
Piano SKU: HL.14028848 Composed by Robert Saxton. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Composed 1999. 12 pages. Chester Music #CH61325. Published by Chester Music (HL.14028848). ISBN 9780711963481. 8.25x11.75x0.046 inches. Written by Robert Saxton in 1988 for piano, left hand only. 'The Chacony was commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival and first performed there in 1988 by the American pianist Leon Fleisher. In rising to the challenge of writing for left hand alone, Saxton has reduced the basic material (the underlying ground bass theme) to the simplest element: a whole tone scale. Thus, the opening section gradually reveals, via a clear indication that D major is the central tonality of the work, the scale through a series of hesitant gestures, the main body of the piece bursting out of the tensions created in the intervals of the scale, especially the tritone (which plays an important part in the melodic version throughout). As with, say, the finest variation sets or grounds of a composer like Byrd, the considerable virtuosity of the keyboard writing always stems from the musical or intellectual stimulus, and is never mere empty show. This is a virtuosic response to the challenge of the imposed limitations, beautifully written for piano and culminating in a final section in which D is once more resoundingly affirmed as the centre of the work, though, with equal resonance, the tritone has the last word. Duration c. 6mins. $15.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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