My Voice
The work was commissioned by the Contra Costa Children’s Chorus for its 25th anniversary season (2008-09) and was first performed December 20, 2008.
The poem “My Voice” was written especially for this work by author Patricia Doherty to celebrate the Contra Costa Children’s Chorus’s achievement, as well as the role of music in the lives of these talented young singers. It answers the questions “What is my voice? Where does it come from? What do I do with it? Where does it take me? The poem was published in Visions: The Collected Poems of Patricia Doherty (2009).
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| Voicing: | SSAA |
| Season or Event: | General |
| Descriptive Tags: | Music, Poetry, Singing |
| Instrumentation: | Piano, String Orchestra |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Language: | English |
| Duration: | 10-15 Minutes |
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