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JOURNEYS for String Orchestra with solos from within orchestra (Violin/Viola/Cello)
Also available for full orchestra through Making Music - contact ali@alisonwillis.com for details.
Difficulty: Moderate/Advanced Duration c. 18'
Score available at https://composersedition.com/alison-willis-journeys
The video is an edited highlights version.
To hear the full version please visit my YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R97dx__CZb4&index=14&list=UUqdKX_OYsa5R…
A new piece about the ongoing Refugee Crisis
ACT I: Home is the mouth of a shark
ACT II: The water is safer than the land
ACT III: I don’t know what I’ve become
Each ACT can be played as a stand alone piece.
By Alison Willis in collaboration with CYCO (Chiltern Youth Chamber Orchestra cond. Peter Hanson) as part of Making Music's "Adopt a Compposer" scheme 2015/16, in association with SAM, PRS, BBC Radio 3 and with funding from the Philip and Dorothy Green Trust.
Act names taken from the poem “Home” by Warsan Shire (used by permission)