Healer
Duo Voice, Cardboard Box, and Spoons
Healer
(2021)
Instrumentation:
1st Voice (range = B3 - C#6)
2nd Voice (range = G3 {F3,E3,D3} - D6)
Large Cardboard Box
4 large metal tablespoons (2 for each vocalist)
Duration:
ca 5:30"
Performer(s):
International Contemporary Ensemble
Award(s):
2022 Morton Gould Young Composers Awards Honorable Mention (ASCAP)
*Composed as part of the Wildflower Composers Festival 2021 (formerly known as the Young Women Composers Camp)
Healer (2021) is a voice duet piece that is crafted after a normal conversation.
The piece starts out as a calm interaction and slowly grows with intensity as they continue “talking”. Microtonal glissandos, conversational interruptions, an
array of vocal runs, and percussive effects create this interaction between the vocalists.