VOICES forclarinetchoir
Instrumentation
Choir(24Clarinets)
3ClarinetsinEb
12ClarinetsinBb
3ClarinetsinA
5BassClarinetsinBb
1ContrabassClarinetinBb
Scoreistransposed BrianRaphaelNabors
NotesonVoices
VoiceswaswrittenfortheclarinetstudiooftheUniversityofNorthCarolina, GreensboroTheconceptofVoicesisan8-minuteseriesofevolvingmusical episodesinresponsetotheeventsoftheCOVID-19pandemicandcivilunrest throughouttheUnitedStatesandtheworldfortheeradicationofracismand bigotry.
Fromthecourageousfirstresponders,tothefearlessprotestersforjusticeand peaceeverywhere,weallhavebeenequippedwithvoices;voiceswiththepower tochangenarrativesthatseparateusintothosethatunite.Thepieceissetasa rhapsody,graduallytravelingfromdarktolight,mourningtojoyThroughvarious subsetsofharmonyandtimbre,eachsetofvoices,representedbysmallgroups withintheensemble,willdepictthissymbolicjourneyfromgreatadversitytothe manifestationofatimemorejoyful,loving,andjustforall.Ienvisionthisshortwork asamusicalmeditationand/orprayerforourcollectivehealing
Themusicalcomponentsoftheworkweretakenfrommyemotionalwork Reflectionfortenorsaxophone,violin,viola,&celloaswellasmychoralsettingof theLatinliturgicaltextUbiCaritas,whichspeaksoflove,charity,andunitywhenwe valueoneanotherandworkasoneaccord.
-BrianRaphaelNabors
ClarinetinEb1-3
Reflective,Free,Contemplativeq=60
ClarinetinBb1-3
ClarinetinBb4-6
ClarinetinBb7-9
ClarinetinBb10-12
ClarinetinA1-3
BassClarinet inBb1-3
BassClarinet inBb4-5
BbCl4-6
BbCl7-9
BbCl1-3
BbCl4-6
BbCl.7-9
BbCl10-12 ACl1-3 BCl1-3
BbCl4-6
BbCl7-9
B
BbCl1-3
BbCl4-6
BbCl.7-9
BbCl10-12
ACl1-3
BCl1-3
B
BbCl1-3
BbCl4-6
BbCl7-9
BbCl10-12
bCl1-3
Cl1-3 BbCl4-6
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Cl10-12
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ACl1-3
BbCl7-9
BbCl10-12
ACl1-3 BCl1-3
ACl1-3