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Call for Justice for

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Composed By

Christina Rusnak

Rusnak Music Press

Call for Justice Saxophone Quartet - AATB Duration ~ 5:40 Program Notes: Call for Justice is an adaptation of Fanfare for Justice , a French Horn Quartet. Its impetus evolved out of the repeated senseless deaths of black people. As videos of these became increasing visible to the public, and as rage continued to build, we all witnessed the nineminute death of George Floyd. And the deaths of so many others. As artists, we are often compelled to do more than join marches on the streets, or to put a sign in the front yard. Silence is complicity. Music is my voice. Most of the piece is created from the syllabic /and or timbral elements of the words and names shouted during the protest marches. Injustice for one, is injustice for all. The images below reveal how similar the marches from 1960s are to the images from 2020.

- Christina Rusnak 2021

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. Film negative by photographer Warren K. Leffler, 1963. From the U.S. News & World Report Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash (Royalty free)

Performance Notes: Call for Justice, while specifically notated, is intended for ensemble interpretation. The areas of contrasting dynamics represent distance – in a big crowd, some sounds are close, others further away. The melodic motive for “I can’t breathe” is also soft. Bring your experience and emotion to the piece and make it your own. In looking for visual partners for this piece, I came across Cinematographer Adam Simmons (https://www.airview.us/about/). He created the image on the Front Cover and the following video in Portland Oregon on June 1, 2020, and has chosen to put it in the PUBLIC Domain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjNUz0XGNQA&feature=youtu.be The video is soundless and makes an ideal partner to the solo, with the instrument portraying marchers chanting. If you choose to show the video with the performance, Mr. Simmons asks to please make a donation to https://www.aclu.org and/or https://www.dontshootpdx.org. If the video is shown at a venue with ticket sales, he asks that you donate at least $50 to both. Optimally, the piece could be performed with video from the location of the

performance. I composed the piece so it could stand alone without a video. That said, context, in the form of event components or other visuals only adds to the experience.

black lives matter demonstration, July 2016, New York City, USA Photo by Nicole Baster on Unsplash (royalty free)

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CHRISTINA RUSNAK

Christina Rusnak is a composer, explorer and cultural catalyst who draws inspiration from the world around her. She seeks to integrate a sense of context into her music from a variety of sources including landscape, culture, history, ecology and art, she strives to communicate something meaningful about the human experience through music to both performers and the audience. Rusnak’s pieces range from grade 1 to professional levels and includes solo works, chamber, orchestra, wind band, flex band pieces as well as jazz, women’s choir, electro-acoustic works, and film. An avid hiker, Ms. Rusnak she has been commissioned by the U.S. Forest Service, The National Park Service, and Oregon State Parks with over dozen pieces inspired by experiences in their landscapes. In 2019, she led the renowned Composing in the Wilderness Seminar at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Her work has been performed across the country, and internationally. She earned dual graduate degrees in Composition and Arts Leadership from the University of North Texas in 2010. To intersect her passion for music with place and culture, she received a post-graduate certification in Cultural Planning in 2017 from the University of British Columbia. In addition to composing, she has served as Sound Art Curator for the Dallas Contemporary Art Museum, as Executive Director for Orchestra 2001 in Philadelphia, on the board of Signal Fire Arts and currently serves as the President of the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM). Her essays on music and advocacy can be found on LandscapeMusic.org, New Music Box, and Oregon Arts Watch. Her works are available from Amazon, Naxos and Parma Recordings, with her scores available through her website http://christinarusnak.com and various distributors.

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