Tupelo Poems (SATB) (2017)
This piece is priced for a large ensemble. When appropriate, use code MEDIUMSENSEMBLE for 50% off and SMALLENSEMBLE for 75% off.
All scores are on a sliding scale. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with me for alternative pricing.
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Tupelo Poems is a love letter to the southeastern landscape, placing it as a backdrop to a story of lovers, a return to our youths once thought lost, a redefinition of home, and the cyclical journeys we take in life. At a time when climate change is significantly threatening coastal areas, Tupelo Poems is an attempt to preserve a few of the many stories that take place between these swamps and bayous.
Musically, Tupelo Poems can be likened to a set of madrigals; the piece utilizes text painting and world-building elements with a harmonic language that simultaneously conveys large stretches of landscape and small gestures of intimacy.
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Hello!
This is the composer, Dylan Trần, from the future... or at least from the future in relation to when I wrote this piece in 2017... it’s now 2024, and I gotta be honest with you: I’ve almost deleted this piece from my catalog multiple times. I’ve decided to keep it available for the time being... but only for posterity, because, to be honest, I’m not really a big fan of it anymore. I find the writing sporadic and not super duper idiomatic. The soft, simple moments are nice, but the big peaks lack more musical reinforcement than I could figure out when writing this. I like the sentiments and the vibes, but I’m not sure the way I wrote the music really captures those feelings with as much accuracy or with as much performance consistency as I wanted to...
However, Tupelo Poems is an interesting foreshadowing of where my writing would eventually go. The inventive and adventurous textures, bittersweet and liminal harmonies, and nostalgic and natural atmospheres are all commonplace in my music now. Only now, my music accomplishes that in a much more refined way, I think. Plus, Tupelo Poems is so hard to get everything balanced just right. I don’t know if it’s worth it, haha.
I do think the second movement, ii. sandcastles, is still pretty cool, though! I’d love to see that programmed :)
I just feel a responsibility to warn you that, in a lot of ways, the piece doesn’t necessarily set the choir up for success. But, hey... if you really, really love the piece, and you and you’re singers are up to the challenge, then I’m already impressed. Give it a shot, and let me know how it goes! You can peruse the score for free via the Public Scores folder on my homepage.
See ya!
This piece is priced for a large ensemble. When appropriate, use code MEDIUMSENSEMBLE for 50% off and SMALLENSEMBLE for 75% off.
All scores are on a sliding scale. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with me for alternative pricing.
———
Tupelo Poems is a love letter to the southeastern landscape, placing it as a backdrop to a story of lovers, a return to our youths once thought lost, a redefinition of home, and the cyclical journeys we take in life. At a time when climate change is significantly threatening coastal areas, Tupelo Poems is an attempt to preserve a few of the many stories that take place between these swamps and bayous.
Musically, Tupelo Poems can be likened to a set of madrigals; the piece utilizes text painting and world-building elements with a harmonic language that simultaneously conveys large stretches of landscape and small gestures of intimacy.
———
Hello!
This is the composer, Dylan Trần, from the future... or at least from the future in relation to when I wrote this piece in 2017... it’s now 2024, and I gotta be honest with you: I’ve almost deleted this piece from my catalog multiple times. I’ve decided to keep it available for the time being... but only for posterity, because, to be honest, I’m not really a big fan of it anymore. I find the writing sporadic and not super duper idiomatic. The soft, simple moments are nice, but the big peaks lack more musical reinforcement than I could figure out when writing this. I like the sentiments and the vibes, but I’m not sure the way I wrote the music really captures those feelings with as much accuracy or with as much performance consistency as I wanted to...
However, Tupelo Poems is an interesting foreshadowing of where my writing would eventually go. The inventive and adventurous textures, bittersweet and liminal harmonies, and nostalgic and natural atmospheres are all commonplace in my music now. Only now, my music accomplishes that in a much more refined way, I think. Plus, Tupelo Poems is so hard to get everything balanced just right. I don’t know if it’s worth it, haha.
I do think the second movement, ii. sandcastles, is still pretty cool, though! I’d love to see that programmed :)
I just feel a responsibility to warn you that, in a lot of ways, the piece doesn’t necessarily set the choir up for success. But, hey... if you really, really love the piece, and you and you’re singers are up to the challenge, then I’m already impressed. Give it a shot, and let me know how it goes! You can peruse the score for free via the Public Scores folder on my homepage.
See ya!
This piece is priced for a large ensemble. When appropriate, use code MEDIUMSENSEMBLE for 50% off and SMALLENSEMBLE for 75% off.
All scores are on a sliding scale. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with me for alternative pricing.
———
Tupelo Poems is a love letter to the southeastern landscape, placing it as a backdrop to a story of lovers, a return to our youths once thought lost, a redefinition of home, and the cyclical journeys we take in life. At a time when climate change is significantly threatening coastal areas, Tupelo Poems is an attempt to preserve a few of the many stories that take place between these swamps and bayous.
Musically, Tupelo Poems can be likened to a set of madrigals; the piece utilizes text painting and world-building elements with a harmonic language that simultaneously conveys large stretches of landscape and small gestures of intimacy.
———
Hello!
This is the composer, Dylan Trần, from the future... or at least from the future in relation to when I wrote this piece in 2017... it’s now 2024, and I gotta be honest with you: I’ve almost deleted this piece from my catalog multiple times. I’ve decided to keep it available for the time being... but only for posterity, because, to be honest, I’m not really a big fan of it anymore. I find the writing sporadic and not super duper idiomatic. The soft, simple moments are nice, but the big peaks lack more musical reinforcement than I could figure out when writing this. I like the sentiments and the vibes, but I’m not sure the way I wrote the music really captures those feelings with as much accuracy or with as much performance consistency as I wanted to...
However, Tupelo Poems is an interesting foreshadowing of where my writing would eventually go. The inventive and adventurous textures, bittersweet and liminal harmonies, and nostalgic and natural atmospheres are all commonplace in my music now. Only now, my music accomplishes that in a much more refined way, I think. Plus, Tupelo Poems is so hard to get everything balanced just right. I don’t know if it’s worth it, haha.
I do think the second movement, ii. sandcastles, is still pretty cool, though! I’d love to see that programmed :)
I just feel a responsibility to warn you that, in a lot of ways, the piece doesn’t necessarily set the choir up for success. But, hey... if you really, really love the piece, and you and you’re singers are up to the challenge, then I’m already impressed. Give it a shot, and let me know how it goes! You can peruse the score for free via the Public Scores folder on my homepage.
See ya!
