Fired Up

Every passing day seems more tumultuous than the last. We are surrounded by global instability, acrimonious politics, scandal, injustice, economic hardship, anger, and meanness. And yet, out of the ashes of despair, composers, singers, and conductors tirelessly rise with hope, resurrection, rebirth, resistance, strength, and resilience. Music heals communities and spreads hope. Musicians understand the importance of art’s role in shaping the world.

The following works from Graphite’s catalog explores these potent ideas with the power of dragons, phoenixes, fire, flight, and the unvanquishable human spirit.

Dragon Fire	Jump! (Choral Score)	Our Phoenix	We Rise (2-part treble)
by Jocelyn Hagen & Timothy C. Takach SATB & 4-hand piano Difficulty: 3 A barnburner of a piece (and a great closer), celebrating triumph over obstacles.	by Elizabeth Alexander SSA & narrator, with string quartet or piano Difficulty: 3 “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.”-Ray Bradbury	by Mari Esabel Valverde SATB chorus, piano, & trumpet Difficulty: 3 A lamentation, an outcry, and a rousing to a movement for equality.	by MaryAnne Muglia 2-part treble choir & piano; also SATB, SAB, SSAA, & SSA Difficulty: 3 A powerful message of determination and hope.

Naga Trus Madi	Phoenix	Ragnarök	Surviving the Blaze
by Tracy Wong SAB & percussion Difficulty: 4 A fiery composition inspired by the Southeast Asian mythology of dragons as protector of mountains and lands.	by Jocelyn Hagen SATB div. choir, cello, piano Difficulty: 4 This fiery piece emphasizes the importance of resilience, working through pain to find beauty in rebirth.	by Timothy C. Takach SATB div. a cappella Difficulty: 4 Old Norse myth and contemporary poetry combine for an epic journey of destruction and rebirth.	by Saunder Choi SATB choir & piano Difficulty: 4 Rediscovery and resilience in the aftermath of isolation, social upheaval, and collective trauma.

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We Are Phoenix (Choral Score), by Timothy C. Takach
SATB & string quartet (Full Score; Parts)
SATB & string orchestra (Full Score; Parts)
Difficulty: 3
45 mins. with optional projections
The Earth shows itself to be a powerful model of how to overcome obstacle through continual rebirth and evolution. An analogy between humans and our planet: we both suffer loss and devastation and yet rise again and again, becoming stronger each time.

Written with contribution from Repertoire Specialist Jonathan D. Campbell.

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