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Complicity (Complete Set)

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Composer: Cynthia Van Maanen

Duration: 7:30

Scoring: soprano voice, cello, and piano

Materials: soprano score (8.5 x 11), cello part (8.5 x 11), and piano score (8.5 x 11)
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Cynthia Van Maanen · Complicity

Program Note

Complicity was created as a collaboration between Brittany Cavallaro (poet), Laura Osgood-Brown (soprano), and myself. The three of us co-taught a collaborative course in 2018–2019 at the Interlochen Arts Academy. Over the course of that year, we worked with students on creating text, setting it to music all the while working with performers. When the project was launched, we decided to model the collaborative process for our students and enjoy the opportunity to work together ourselves. This work is the result.

— Cynthia Van Maanen

COMPLICITY
(by Brittany Cavallaro | Reprinted with permission.)

I fold my hands. No, I have 
an eraser. I am made of shavings now.
No. I fold myself into a bow.
He is still speaking. I let him.

It is always easier to let him.
I fold myself down. What waits
for me, in the basement of my heart?
Does he? No. I know it. I fold down. 
I fold down further, I--

Reproduction Notice:
This program note may be freely reproduced in concert programs, provided that proper credit is given to the composer and poet.
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