We Are the Music Makers Julian David Bryson Text by Arthur O’Shaughnessy
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Text We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;— World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems.
Program Notes This accessible setting seeks to inspire musicians and non‐musicians alike, calling all to choose a better future. Making use of compositional techniques drawn from film scores, the piece also offers an opportunity to teach theoretical concepts including major, minor, octatonic and whole tone scales, diminished and half diminished chords, mixed meter, and the tuning of open fifths. May we all translate O’Shaughnessy’s metaphor into action, not only making music with our voices and instruments, but also in our everyday lives. —J.D.B. Composed, dedicated to, and premiered by the Randolph School Concert Choir of Huntsville, AL in honor of the class of 2011. Cover Photo: Electric Waves taken by the composer, May 13, 2002.
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To the students of the Randolph School Concert Choir, in honor of the class of 2011. May you always choose to make music.
We Are the Music Makers
William O'Shaughnessy
Julian David Bryson
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