Warrior (III from Tapestry)
Publisher: LAH Publications
Catalogue Number: LAH 77-3
Year: 2021
For: SSAATTBB
Duration: 6:30
Commissioned and premiered by Halifax Camerata Singers – Jeff Joudrey, Artistic Director – for their 35th anniversary season 2021-2022 and as part of my 2-year term as their Composer-in-Residence.
This movement of ‘Tapestry’ is a passionate, visceral outpouring of self-affirmation. The text comes from a five-poem set Corona Sequence by my favourite poet, Canadian Jeni Couzyn. I first read this poem in the summer of 2020, and was deeply struck by the power and energy of her words, and knew right away that I wanted to set it to music. Existential and ontological anxieties throughout our society have increased exponentially in the past couple of years, and so many people are questioning themselves in new and incredibly challenging ways. For me, this poem/piece cries out in the face of uncertainty and self-doubt, standing firm in the belief that in all this turmoil and amidst all our shortcomings and struggles, we must remember and believe in the inherent good in us. We are all connected as one, and every person, in their glorious imperfection, has value, is important, is deserving of love. When we know this of ourselves, we can know it of others. This is the work of the warrior.
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