Until I Became Human

(2006)  Duration: 13′.  Set of two songs.  Words by Ivanna Yi.

for 3,2,3,2 – 1 horn F , 2 tmpts C – timp — perc (3): vib, glock., gro, bike bell, sus cym., egg shaker, vibraslap, bell tree, 2 crot. (B5 and C6), sm.tam-tam, mrmba, tri. – mezzo-soprano – solo vla — strings.

Commissioned by: Dinosaur Annex and the Community Music Center of Boston.
World Premiere: February 4, 2007, by Jamie Maletz, mezzo; Anne Black, viola; Dinosaur Annex; and the CMCB Youth Orchestra.

LIVE Recording by Jamie Maletz, mezzo; Anne Black, viola; Dinosaur Annex; and the CMCB Youth Orchestra, February 4, 2007.

1. Violin (live, excerpt)  (6′)
2. Chrysalis (7′)