She, by Laura Mvula arr. Sarah Gibson

2021
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Chamber

Details

Category

Chamber

instrumentation

violin, electric guitar, piano, toy piano (dbls piano)

duration

5'

commissioned by

HOCKET

premiered by

HOCKET; Nick Bentz, violin; Alexander E. Miller, electric guitar

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I made this arrangement of Laura Mvula's powerful She for HOCKET's second Composer/Performer Initiative. I've always loved Laura Mvula's song, and when we were deciding the repertoire for our eclectic concert, this song jumped into my mind. In general, this concert occured at a particularly busy and stressful point in my life, and the recurring lyric "she don't stop" became a sort of mantra for me as I moved from day to day.