Just a Beginning (SATB div.) (2023)

$15.00

This piece is priced for a large ensemble. When appropriate, use code MEDIUMSENSEMBLE for 50% off and SMALLENSEMBLE for 75% off. All scores are on a sliding scale. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with me for alternative pricing.

“What a slow breath let out from the porch
as the sun rises over pine trees—

my wife teaching our daughter
to brown roux without burning flour.”

- Jack Bedell (1966—)

This piece is priced for a large ensemble. When appropriate, use code MEDIUMSENSEMBLE for 50% off and SMALLENSEMBLE for 75% off. All scores are on a sliding scale. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with me for alternative pricing.

“What a slow breath let out from the porch
as the sun rises over pine trees—

my wife teaching our daughter
to brown roux without burning flour.”

- Jack Bedell (1966—)

Just a Beginning closes my larger work, COLOR ALL MAPS NEW, a choral suite of poems from Lousiana Poet Laureate ('17-'19) Jack Bedell, examining the effects of climate change on the southeastern U.S. through the lens of family, community, and cultural lineage. The “bittersweet” harmony of the piece is a through line in my music, embodying an existence at several unique intersections of identity, expressing the duality of profound joy informed by deep sorrow. Just a Beginning asks you to experience all of this at once, to breathe together and be present in these moments holding everything that was, is, and is yet to come.

You Might Also Like