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Cypress Choral Music Auass (Child) - Vollant - SATB divisi
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Composer: Alex Vollant
Format: Choral Octavo
Voicing: SSAATB a cappella
"Auass means "Child" in the Innu language. In this piece that I have offered to Carrie Tennant and the Vancouver Youth Choir as a gift, I wanted to explore issues of the history of Canada that are usually difficult to approach, such as Residential Schools, which were designed and founded by the government to "kill the Indian in the child". They are the main symbol of colonialism and the racist history of our country. Today, there is still a generation of elders that survived those terrible institutions, and I composed this piece to honour their courage, resilience and healing.
At the very beginning of the composition process, I envisioned a survivor elder at the end of their life, during which they had gone through an incredible journey of healing. They would go inside their own self, to visit their inner child, asking it: What happened to you? What can I do to help? However sad this all may be, the most important portion of this piece is the ending, which is filled with hope and anticipation for a brighter future. At the end, the elder say to the inner child: "Tomorrow will be brighter." This is I think a beautiful part of the Truth and Reconciliation process in Canada, the one that is focused on hope and directed forward. That is what I wanted to give the spotlight to in this piece." - Alex Vollant
Duration: 3:40
Format: Choral Octavo
Voicing: SSAATB a cappella
"Auass means "Child" in the Innu language. In this piece that I have offered to Carrie Tennant and the Vancouver Youth Choir as a gift, I wanted to explore issues of the history of Canada that are usually difficult to approach, such as Residential Schools, which were designed and founded by the government to "kill the Indian in the child". They are the main symbol of colonialism and the racist history of our country. Today, there is still a generation of elders that survived those terrible institutions, and I composed this piece to honour their courage, resilience and healing.
At the very beginning of the composition process, I envisioned a survivor elder at the end of their life, during which they had gone through an incredible journey of healing. They would go inside their own self, to visit their inner child, asking it: What happened to you? What can I do to help? However sad this all may be, the most important portion of this piece is the ending, which is filled with hope and anticipation for a brighter future. At the end, the elder say to the inner child: "Tomorrow will be brighter." This is I think a beautiful part of the Truth and Reconciliation process in Canada, the one that is focused on hope and directed forward. That is what I wanted to give the spotlight to in this piece." - Alex Vollant
Duration: 3:40
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