am an Ocean

Julie Herndon

am an ocean

for mixed choir (SATB) and soloists (SATB) rev. 2018

PRONUNCIATION Syllables extracted from text: I know I am an ocean [ai] [nou] [ai] [æm] [æn] [oʃʒɛn] forward vowels: [i] ee (meet) [ɛ] eh (met) [æ] a (mat) [a] ah (watt)

back vowels: [u] oo (too) [o] o (go)

fricatives: [ʃ] unvoiced sh, palatal whistle (she) x notehead [ʒ] voiced sh (pleasure) pitch

liquid consonants [m] m (hymn) [n] n (sunny)

STAGING Soloists (SATB) stand in front of their section facing audience.

CONDUCTION Senza misura passages on pp. 2, 5, and 7 are conducted using the motions below, with smooth transitions between each position. On pp. 5 and 7, soloists conduct these passages facing the audience, their hand motions visible to the choir behind them. On page 5, the senza misura is conducted in a similar manner by the principal conductor (PC), facing the ensemble.

DIVE………………………………………….. SWIM……………………………………………

A fingers touch B hands tilt forward C hands layered D hands apart unvoiced voiced hold first given note hold second given note palatal whistle palatal whistle

© 2018 Julie Herndon

Score

am an ocean Julie Herndon

senza misura, loosely following time indications 0"

5"

10"

15"

20"

25"

30"

35"

40"

45"

conducted by soprano solo facing audience, using graceful, connected gestures A B A / B alternating fluidly

&

Soprano

p ¿

P

[ʃ]

[Ʒ]

w

sim.

conducted by alto soloist facing audience, using graceful, connected gestures A A / B alternating fluidly B

p & ¿

Alto

P w

[ʃ]

[Ʒ] conducted by tenor soloist facing audience, using graceful, connected gestures A A / B alternating fluidly B

p ¿

V

Tenor

sim.

P w

[ʃ]

[Ʒ]

conducted by bass soloist facing audience, using graceful, connected gestures A / B alternating fluidly A B

45"

P w

p ¿

?

Bass

sim.

[ʃ]

50"

55"

sim.

[Ʒ]

1:00"

1:05"

F w C

S

A

&

[m]

P w

& p V w C

T

P w D

C

D

[m]

w

C / D alt.

B

?

C

1:15"

D

4 4

#w

, F 4 œ œœ œ 4 C

D

C

D

[m]

4 4

[m]

P w

1:10"

D

w

[m] © 2018 Julie Herndon

C / D alt.

4 4

3

conducted by principal conductor (PC) q=

60

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U

U U 4 UŒ UŒ

U

3

S

[m] [a]

3

A

&4

F

#œ œ [m]

F

4 U U U Uœ ˙ V4 Œ Œ Œ

3

T

[m]

? 4 UΠUΠUΠUΠ4

3

B

10

S

&

˙

˙

&w

10

T

V

B

¿

[ʃ]

,

¿

P

Ó

[ʃ]

w

,

U̇

,

Ó

[n]

* may be sung an octave lower

∑

P w Œ

[i]

,

,

h=

44

, , ,

w

˙

˙

, F. œ˙

˙

Ó

F ˙ ,˙

w

f 3 w 2

œ. œ 2 w J 2

p 2 ¿ 2

f 3 w.

2

2 w 2

p 2 ¿ 2

f 3 ˙ ˙.

2

p 2 ¿ 2

f 3 ˙ ˙ œ œ 2 w 2 2

[ʃ]

P

#œ œ ˙

[n]

∑ P ¿

[a]

p 2 ¿ 2

[ʃ]

[n]

F

[a]

P œ w

P œ œœ˙

F w

w

[Ʒ]

[ʃ]

∑

w

˙

[Ʒ]

[n]

P w

#˙

[Ʒ]

[m]

w

˙

[Ʒ]

F U̇ ˙

w

P w

?

10

, P Œ œ ˙

[ʃ]

10

A

˙

accel.

[Ɛ]

[Ɛ]

*

[Ɛ]

[Ɛ]

œ 2 ˙ ˙ 2

[ʃ]

o

w

[Ʒ]

P ˙ ¿

[ʃ]

w

∑

P Œ ˙.

P Œ ˙.

¿ o

[Ʒ]

∑

P Œ ˙.

[Ɛ]

[Ʒ]

w

o

F w Ó œ œ [a] [n]

[o]

&Ó

18

S Solo

S

p cresc. œ œ ˙

&¿

∑

p cresc. œ œ w

[ʃ]

&Ó

[ʃ]

18

T Solo

V

∑

T

V ¿

f w

[n]

∑

œ œ œ œ w

cresc.

w

∑

¿

∑

f œ œ œ œ -̇ œ Œ J

∑

[o]

œ -̇ .

∑

∑

∑

∑

, w-f

π ¿

[n]

¿

[a]

f

[n]

[Ɛ]

¿

w

full and moving h = 52

[n]

bw

[Ɛ]

18

œ ˙.

∑

∑

P Ó ˙

∑

˙

∑

[o]

&¿

œ œ

w

18

A

˙

[o]

18

A Solo

˙

,f ˙

¿

¿

-̇

[a]

∑

-̇

[a]

?¿

B

∑

∑

∑

∑

∑

S

&

f -̇ . [o]

f & œ- ˙

26

A

[o]

26

T

V w f ? w -

26

B

f

œ Œ [i]

∑

œ Œ

[i]

∑

˙

f P -̇ ˙

∑

[ʃ]

26

∑

f P

[ʃ]

18

4

[a]

P f œ Œ œ œJ œ œ œ ˙

[u]

[u]

P œ

[o]

∑

[u]

œ Œ

[u]

F

w

w w

F ˙

[o]

F

w

[o]

[æ]

f

w

[o]

F

f #˙.

[æ]

˙

œ [n]

poco rit.

P œ œ œ œ wŒ œ [o]

P w

f w

w ∑

[æ]

[u]

Ó

˙ ∑

[æ]

f w

p -w

p w[u]

P w [o]

∑

∑

5

senza misura (tempo I)

a tempo (h = 52)

conducted by PC 0"

5"

10"

P 2 w 2

15"

& ¿

33

S Solo

[ʃ]

[æ]

(conducted by PC)

S

C

D

[u]

˙

& ˙

C / D alt.

P 2 œ. œ ˙ 2 J

[ʃ]

C

D

& ˙

˙

[u]

C / D alt.

P 2 2 œ œ œ œ

[ʃ]

[i]

(conducted by PC) C

T

V ˙

[n]

D

C / D alt.

˙

P 2 2 bw

[ʃ]

? ˙

B

[n]

D

˙

w

w

[i]

(conducted by PC) C

[i]

˙

[a]

[a]

F

œ œ ˙

w

P w

œ bw

P w

[o]

[u]

[n]

? ¿

33

˙

P w

π 2 altnernate notes at your own pace 2 ˙ ˙

33

B Solo

[a]

[u]

V ¿

33

[i]

π 2 altnernate notes at your own pace 2 ˙ ˙

33

T Solo

F œ œ œ bœ w

[æ]

(conducted by PC)

A

w

[u]

& ¿

33

œ

P w

π 2 altnernate notes at your own pace ˙ 2 ˙

33

A Solo

w

F ˙.

C / D alt.

π

2 ˙ 2

altnernate notes at your own pace

[n]

˙

F ˙.

[o]

[u]

& w

40

S Solo

S

P œ œ

&

[a] [i]

40

A Solo

& w

A

&

œ œ

[a] [i]

T

V

w

Ó

[a]

I

∑

∑

w

know

S

A

&

47

T

V ?

47

B

∑

w

I

know

b˙

∑

know

∑

know

F w

˙

know

o - cean

w

∑

p ∑

F w

∑ F Ó ˙

Πp w

w

F

∑

,

b˙

I

w I

I

∑

œ œ œ œœœ

∑

am an

j œ

w

w

o - [Ʒ] [n]

∑

bw ∑ ∑

3

∑

P Ó œœœœ o

∑

P Ó ˙

w

∑

P w

∑

j œ

[Ʒ] [n]

∑

w

f œ b˙.

∑

[Ʒ]

∑

f

∑

˙

[Ʒ]

∑

∑

know

f w

& Œ œ œ œ œœœ w

47

∑

I

w

3

& w

∑

w

know

a little slower h = 48

am an

∑

w

I

∑

I

And

w

I

S Solo

Ó

w

∑

w

[a] [i]

F

f œ œ

∑

know

?

47

∑

rit.

F

∑

40

B

F œ œ

w

know

P œ œ

40

P w

know

P

40

w

6

∑

∑

j œ

[Ʒ][n]

-

7

∑

54

S Solo

S

& & w

[n]

54

A Solo

∑

&

∑

& w

54

T Solo

V

P V w

∑

T

w

[n]

?

54

B Solo

?

54

B

P w

π w

∑

∑ ˙

[n]

π w

˙

˙

P ˙ ˙

∑

[n]

w

∑

54

w

π

w

cean[n]

w

[n]

54

A

˙

π

w ∑

P w

w ∑

∑ w

∑

˙

˙

w

w

w

F ˙ #œ œ

˙

w

w

[n]

w

w

w

w

w

w

w

w w

w F w

w

w

w

w

P w

Ó

[n]

˙

w

Ó

Œ

œ

S

& w

63

A

& w

63

T

V w ? w

63

B

o o o

F w

˙

o

w

o

w

w

w

F w

w

w

w

˙.

[n]

w

o

[n]

Ó

o

Œ

P Œ œ-

[n]

senza misura (tempo I)

63

[n]

w

w ∑

,

Ó Ó

P œ œ [Ʒ]

P ˙

B

Ó ˙

w

U w

[Ʒ]

œ

[Ʒ]

A

U

[Ʒ]

[Ʒ]

˙.

B

¿

[Ʒ]

P ˙

5"

Ó œœ w #˙ n˙

[Ʒ]

Ó

U

0"

w

U

w

[ʃ]

¿

w

A

B

A

[ʃ]

[Ʒ]

B

A

[ʃ]

[Ʒ]

w w

15"

20"

25"

o

A B alt.

o

A B alt.

o

A B alt.

o

w

[Ʒ]

¿

A B alt.

[Ʒ]

[ʃ]

¿

10"