Here I Am: I Am Here
Commission year:
2019
Grant recipient:
Coro Allegro
Boston, MA
A work focused on the experiences of transgender and queer children and their parents, for SATB chorus, soloists, small ensemble, and narrator.
Composer note: A mother writes to her transgender son on his 5th birthday to affirm who he always was. A survivor of conversion therapy writes to their younger self with gratitude for the courage it took to survive.
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Premiere date:
Sunday, November 6, 2022