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A Homebound Migration

Titles:  A Homebound Migration for dance version; Petty Fetters for the original version
Year of Composition:  2010
Instrumentation:  Mezzo-soprano, Alto-flute, Guitar
Duration:
  • Dance Version: ca 5'
  • Original Version: ca 7'
World Premiere:
  • Dance Version: 4/14&15 2010, Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington, Indiana
  • Original Version: 3/22/2011, Ford Hall, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University

Written for Hammer and Nail 2010, a collaboration between Jacobs School of Music the Student Composer Association and IU Contemporary Dance Department.

Dance Version:
Diana Syrse, Mezzo-soprano
Eric Bowling, Alto Flute
Danny S.H. Lee, Guitar

Text:
by Matthew Rice

Night's sky moon
like a cigarette burn
through the tarp of the world
I can see beyond
the first to ever realize
that these are just shadows
on a wall and we've just never realized