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I'm back from Croatia, where we in the International Vocal Arts Workshop workshopped Rising, for 3-part chorus and any instrument(s) available, and perfomed the first section of it as part of street theater performances in Grožnjan, Croatia and Izola, Slovenia. The piece is a setting of texts related to the Sanctus prayer (holy holy holy) in Hebrew, Old Church Slavonic, and Arabic, all in a quasi-Gregorian chant style. A full premiere of the piece is on the slate for this fall or winter in New York City.
American Purgatory, a documentary about the process of applying for political asylum in the United States, is circulating in the public radio world. It's also available online, in case it hasn't reached you yet. I wrote the music.
The blog continues, with posts on my time in Croatia, artistic freedom, and applauding after quiet music.
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