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Ash Paris-Carter, soprano
Rebekah Griffin Greene, double bass
Eric Wubbels, piano

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Close tight the gates of conscious thought,
Lock them with rusted iron chains.
Eyes glazed like window panes on cold, wet days
When dew and fog gather on the glass.
Safe, at last, to regress into my own world.

I step onto a field of grass that stretches beyond the horizon,
A patchwork meadow surrounding an ancient oak
Tall enough to reach beyond the clouds,
Older than the earth’s craggy mountains.
Minuscule points of light radiate from among its branches,
Elves and faeries tending their fires.

A butterfly with wings wider than a river
Rides the wind, like a fish the current.
It sails over the sea of greenery,
Tracing the edge of a diverse cluster of flowers.
The royal purples and resonant blues of the felty fabric
It wears upon its dark, slender body
Glow in the stray rays of dying day
Beneath a sky of red and rose.

The world is beating on my gates,
Threatening to shatter the walls of my castle.
Iron chains splinter into a billion pieces,
Broken chains for a broken boy,
And the world comes rushing in again.

-Graham Lazorchak

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from Young Musicians Program (YMP) 2019 - Festival Week Composers Forum III, released October 8, 2019

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The Walden School Dublin, New Hampshire

Founded in 1972, the Walden School is an acclaimed summer music school and festival, offering programs that emphasize creativity through musicianship, improvisation, and composition. Our programs include the Young Musicians Program (9-18) and the Creative Musicians Retreat (18+). Set in beautiful New Hampshire, Walden provides an inspiring retreat-like environment ideal for creative music making. ... more

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