Student Composition Recitals
Movements
I. Crying
II. Babbling
III. Speaking
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Performer(s)
Caleb Peterson, tenor
Simon Yeh, tenor saxophone
Joshua Dissmore, cello
Recital Date
4-27-2015
Academic Year
2014-2015
Instrumentation
Voice, tenor saxophone, and cello
Duration
10:37
Program Notes
Next to the human voice, the saxophone and cello are arguably the most flexible instruments we have today. The range of techniques and noises available makes them ideal for imitating the human voice and creating expression. “Learning to Speak” follows the progression of finding order in speech, and the three movements imitate this idea in the harmony—moving from atonal to tonal. The last movement’s lyrics are drawn from the poem “Taming the Tongue” by Nate Spanos, which is a prayer that God would teach us how to speak in a way that honors him.
Recital Program
Copyright
© 2015 Sean Kisch. All Rights Reserved
Keywords
Cedarville, music, composition
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Kisch, Sean, "Learning to Speak" (2015). Student Composition Recitals. 94.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/music_composition_recitals/94
