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we : for vocal ensemble and piano / music by Meta Cohen ; words by Leona Cohen.
by Meta Cohen (2022)
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- Instrumentation: SSATBarB choir, piano.
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we is the final song in a wider queer song cycle called a love is a love is a love. It is about queer kinship, visibility and finding yourself. Leona Cohen's text explores the different ways in which we might look around as queer people: in fear; to search for those like us; in realisation; and then - hopefully - in ecstatic awe and delight at the queer people surrounding us. At the heart of this song is visibility: the importance of being seen - rather than looked at - and seeing people like you.
we is an expression of love for the experience of finding queer ways of existing in the world, while not ignoring their challenges. In this final song of the cycle, fragments of melodies found in other movements make their way back into the music. I wanted to end with the utopian joy of discovering queerness - a potential 'at the edges of perception', barely imaginable, and then abundantly, joyfully present.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (41p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 5 min.
Commissioned by ABC Classic.
Includes program notes and full text.
Prizes/Awards: Awarded the inaugural ABC Classic and ABC Jazz Composer Commissioning Fund
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-67315-541-1
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