Maria Alejandra Velásquez-Sossa – soprano Notes: A three-part round realized through digital delay. Lyrics: Plunge into the roiling black Pry yourself from barnacle now Shock! suck breath in Shock! push breath out Tumbling in seaweed Singing mussels sigh farewell Is this where the mermaids live? No bearings but flotation No compass but a slippery tail … Read more
David Sossa Fernández – guitar Notes: The repeated 15 note pattern from the Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Perpetuum Mobile is infused into this piece.
Maria Alejandra Velásquez-Sossa – soprano David Sossa Fernández – guitar Buff Allen – drums and percussion Lyrics: Try to read a message in an artichoke Gripped between my palms Fingers prickle pluck Spiral cone wrapped around my ancestors Murmuring indistinct Seeking clarity Excavate the source Up in the opaque firmament Silent lightning cracks the eggshell … Read more
Maria Alejandra Velásquez-Sossa – soprano David Sossa Fernández – guitar Notes: The words written upon a trip to Yoho National Park in 2012. There was a memorial service at the Park’s Whiskey Jack hostel for my Aunt Olga Forbes, who was caretaker there for many years. The area around he hostel is dominated by the … Read more
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