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No one asked me

Publisher: LAH Publications

Catalogue Number: LAH 69-1

Year: 2020

For: SSA, TTBB, or SATB with Piano

Duration: 4:00

Commissioned by Chris Bowman (Cantabile Choral Society), Andrew McAnerney (Cantata Singers of Ottawa), Gregg Rainville (Canadian Men’s Chorus), Leonard Ratzlaff (Richard Eaton Singers), Timothy Shantz (Luminous Voices), Kari Turunen (Vancouver Chamber Choir), Michael Zaugg (Pro Coro Canada) and the Sonic Timelapse Project.

This piece was written for the Sonic Timelapse Project; a collaborative choral art commissioning project created as a response to the global COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of gathering content from the emotional landscape of choral communities in Canada and beyond.

I created the text using written reflections submitted by Canadian choral conductors early in the pandemic, however, the expression of this work can easily apply to a broad emotional landscape entirely separate from the COVID-19 pandemic experience.

The SSA, SATB, and TTBB versions of this piece can all be performed together.

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Watch the 2022 Alberta Treble choir in performance with Morna Edmundson, conductor (SSA version).

Listen to Da Camera Singers in performance - Laura Hawley, artistic director (SATB version).

Text based on Creative Reflections from the Sonic Timelapse Project

No one asked me if I wanted everything to change
One day blends into the next in a slow motion fast forward
Each time I face the fear I need to turn away again
No one asked me

I am strong, yet moving with the wind,
But then I’m lost, not knowing when I’ll find my way again.
One moment I’m inspired, the next I’m overwhelmed.
I’m grateful and I’m frightened and I don’t know where I’m going

Refrain:
I feel it all,
Can you hear me?
I feel it all,
Will you need me?
Can you tell me who I am? When can I take your hand?
I feel it all.

I feel as if my roots are being torn and shifting in the wind
Don’t touch, don’t breathe, don’t sing to me.
I dream of the joy of dancing carelessly again
No one asked me.

I am strong, and facing all the pain,
But then I’m lost, not knowing when I’ll find my way again.
It’s out of my control – I’m fragile then I’m brave,
I’m empty and I’m hopeful and I don’t know where I’m going.

[Refrain]

I believe I’m in the right place at the right time.
We’re connected in ways no one can see
Powerless to change, building resilience
When will we find our way?

I am strong, yet moving with the wind,
And when I’m lost, I know that I will find my way again.

I feel it all
Can you hear me?
I feel it all
Can you see me?
Can you tell me who I am? When can I take your hand?
I feel it all.