BYRON AU YONG
歐陽良仁
Music Opens for a cappella choir
Music Opens was written for ASUSF Voices and conductor Rick Roberts on the occasion of their 30th Anniversary Concert · April 14, 2019 Duration circa 3:30 minutes
March 2019
Performance Notes Open Notation (Incantation, Rehearsal B) § Singers vocalize as individuals to create an evocative aural collage § Conductor shapes these sections to last as long as needed § Singers watch Conductor for cue to continue to next section Western Notation (Rehearsals A, C to H) § Arrow è indicates Open Notation vocalizations continue § Repeat signs are for one repetition § Leaps of a 6th and an octave are based on yodeling § Each portamento vocal slide lasts the entire length of the note Lyrics § § § §
English and IPA are used IPA sounds are indicated in brackets [ ] The lyric related to the IPA pronunciation is on the right side of the score The composite of musical utterances provides the meaning of the quote
Music Opens to ASUSF Voices and Rick Roberts for a magical 30th Anniversary Byron Au Yong
“Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.” Maria Augusta von Trapp
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voice [p] and [k] rhythms in any order repeat freely breath when needed
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continue [p] and [k]
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[p]
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hum (overlap breaths)
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music [m] [ju] [zɪk] opens [oʊ] [pən] [z]
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heart [h] [ɑ] [r] [t] key [ki]
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voice [t] and [k] rhythms in any order repeat freely breath when needed
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[ki] [laɪ]
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continue [t] and [k]
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[k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ]
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to
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which the most tight - ly closed, the most tight - ly closed
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key
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key [ki]
which the most tight - ly closed, the most tight - ly closed
heart
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heart
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p œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ
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f ˙.
portamento
w
[laɪ] [k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ]
f œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ
[oʊ]
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∑
f œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ
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B
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like
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& b œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ [laɪ]
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ma - gic
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∑
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[ɑ] [ki] [oʊ] [oʊ] [ɑ] [ki]
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[oʊ] [ɑ] [ki] [oʊ] [oʊ]
B
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[laɪ] [k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ] T
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[laɪ] [k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ]
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Œ
a
ma - gic
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[laɪ]
[oʊ]
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[ɑ] [ki]
a
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a
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& b œ. œ œ œ
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[laɪ] [k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ] [k] [laɪ] A
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B
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b œ
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˙
ma - gic
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A
key
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&b œ
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like
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Œ
[oʊ]
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V b œ.
[laɪ]
B
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like a
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[ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki]
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a ma - gic
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like
[laɪ]
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[oʊ] [ɑ] [ki] [oʊ] [oʊ]
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key
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key
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f œ. œ
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[oʊ]
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A
-̇
Vb
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[laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪk]
T
B
œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
[laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [ki]
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A
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? Œ b œ œ œ œ Œ mu - sic ma -gic.
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heart
[laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [ki]
? œ œ œ b œ
œ
heart
&b œ œ œ œ
ƒ ˙
heart
o
o
œ
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pens
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pens
F œ.
heart
heart
o
o
[laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪk]
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pens
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œ
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f ˙
heart
pens
o - pens
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U
∑
U
∑
o - pens.
ƒ œ. œ œ œ J
mu - sic ma - gic.
[m]
π w
[m]
U
∑
ma - gic key.
ƒ j œ. œ œ œ
H π w
∑
˙.
π w
˙.
π w
w
[m]
U
w
[m]
o - pens.
œ. œ œ œ Œ J
œ. œ
like a ma - gic key.
f j œ. œ œ œ Œ
œ œ œ
w
o - pens
heart
[laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [ki]
ƒ œ œ œ. J œ heart
F œ.
œ J
P œ œ . œ J
[laɪ] [ki] [laɪ] [ki] [laɪk]
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mu - sic ma -gic.
portamento
w
œ
Œ Ó
[oʊ].
œ Œ Ó
portamento
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w
˙
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w
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Music Opens was premiered by ASUSF Voices, conducted by Rick Roberts, in Presentation Theater at the University of San Francisco, on April 14, 2019
Program Notes In 1989, Rick Roberts started a choir after a College Players performance at USF. The choir fulfilled a need students had to sing together more often. 30 years later, ASUSF Voices provides multiple choral ensembles for students of all skill levels from any major. Rick’s love of musical theater and choral music comes together in Music Opens, prompted by this quote from Maria Augusta von Trapp: “Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.” The choir sings fragments of the text. Listening to how all the voices come together, music opens.
Composer Biography Byron Au Yong composes music for chamber ensembles, choral groups, contemporary dance, media installations, percussion and taiko, orchestra, opera, and theater. Works for choir include Trigger, aka (Be)longing, a hip-hop oratorio about coming of age in an age of guns (International Festival of Arts & Ideas, MDC Live Arts, Virginia Tech’s Center for the Arts) and Turbine, for 80+ singers along the water (Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia). Music for The Esoterics includes Surrender: a T’ai Qi Cantata, for 24 moving voices, Tian Wen Questions of Heaven, for 36 voices with metal keys, Tzu Lho: Simmering Songs, for 36 voices with 72 pieces of paper, and Holding, for 5 voices with 10 rocks. Au Yong is an Assistant Professor in Performing Arts & Social Justice at USF.
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