Peacebomb
I am thrilled to announce my new collaboration with Tony Silvestri: peacebomb.
peacebomb has been inspired by the story of the Laotian families who once made spoons from the metal of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and now make jewelry from these bombs. As I learned more about this powerful story, I felt it deep in my heart. I wanted more than ever to tell this story through song.
A long held wish of mine has been to work with Tony, and how humbling it’s been to learn that Tony has wanted to work with me!
Peacebomb
peacebomb | 2021-2022
number of choirs | 20, up to 50, one choir per state, state premieres exclusive for the 2019-2020 season
price | 600
lyrics | by Charles Anthony Silvestri
style | Aleatoric and distant opening; Haunting middle; Bold and Exclamatory ending. For Midi Midi Realization (cello part, percussion still to be complete): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj99VDtldTA
accompaniment | piano + cello + percussion
voicing | SATB divisi
difficulty | medium-advanced
length | 11 minutes
receive | reproducible PDF of score and 2 Skypehearsal sessions; choir printed on inside cover of score
scores ready | September 17, 2021 (preview possible at any time)
exclusive window for State Premieres | 9 months (through September of 2021)
fee | $600 (+ consortio.io platform fee, which is 7%). Due by 9/17/21.
* 10% of each commission fee will be donated to MAG, to continue the clearing of UXO in Laos villages and the countryside
lyrics |
Bomb. Mine. Shell. Bullet.
Hellfire rain;
An orgy of ordnance.
Fields sown with seeds of death,
A dark harvest
Exploding underfoot.
Pieces of another time,
Stories of shattered lives
Melted, twisted,
Told in shards,
In fragments of a forgotten war;
But we must not forget.
For peace too can be waged,
With targeted trust,
Strategic acts of love,
And incendiary transformation!
These shards become the seeds of peace;
The harvest is dignity, is memory,
And reconciliation.
Let peace rain down like bombs,
And watch the earth explode with beauty!
