OnBeing BrianRaphaelNabors forClarinetChoir
NotesforOnBeing
OnBeingforclarinetchoirwascommissionedbytheTexasChristianUniversityClarinetEnsemble, underthedirectionofDr.CoreyMackey.
TCUClarinetEnsemble
SarahKristinaKerezturyAday
EmmaAndersen
OscarArenas
MatthewPBailey
JainerHoyosBermudez
AlyssaBoortz
ClaraCatherineBrown
SamuelJohnBrown
TiaChernow
AlyssaDickens
YothamW.Eshak
RyleeMGrimes
DemitriHalasa
AidanXanKane
ChristianLackey
LucasLynn
LiamJamesMaybury
EvangeloRPallanes
MadelynPeterson
DiegoATorresReyes
BiancaRivadeneira
CarolineRunning
CarlyP.Williams
KeniaLisbethZetino
Notes
FormanyyearsI'vebeencomposingonthemesofhumanity,seekingtobringlistenersintothe fullnessofthemselvesbytryingtoprovidesonicspacesthatenablethemtorecievewhattheyneed fromthemusic.Mygreathopeisthatitbringsthemintoaspaceoffulfillment,peace,orrest.Thisworkis yetanotheroneofthosecontemplations,takingstockofwhereIam,andwhereweallareinourrespective placesintheworld,seekingfulfillent,meaning,andrest.
Thisensembleisauniqueone,inthatthetimbresprovideaplethoraofsonoritieswhilealso maintainingasenseofundeniablebalance/congruencyofsoundI'dliketocompareittoourrespective backgrounds,lifestyles,etc.,allwhilepossesingtheunifyingfactorofour"human-ness."Myhopeisfor listenerstofeelanembodimentofthatthemethroughoutthepiece'svaryingemotionalspaces
-BrianRaphaelNabors
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