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Jocelyn Hagen

Jocelyn Hagen composes music that has been described as “simply magical” (Fanfare Magazine) and “dramatic and deeply moving” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis/St. Paul). She is a pioneer in the field of composition, pushing the expectations of musicians and audiences with large-scale multimedia works, electro-acoustic music, dance, opera, and publishing. Her first forays into composition were via...

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Someplace

Name: Someplace
SKU: JH-C027
Availability: InStock

Jocelyn Hagen

College students adore this piece with a pop song feel and beatboxer.

Difficulty: 5

Duration: 3-5 min.

JH-C027

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SSAATTBB, 2 soloists, beatboxer

If you’re looking for something different that can feature an aspiring beatboxer, this is the piece for you. The text for Someplace was created by singer/songwriter Chris Koza, and Hagen wanted to give the piece similar style in a choral setting. It gives the choir and opportunity to feature two soloists and is a wonderful fit for spring concerts and graduation.

Composer’s Notes

The beatboxing part is not notated and should be improvised. Please listen to the recording by the University of South Dakota Chamber Singers for a wonderful example on how it can be done.

– Jocelyn Hagen

Text

Let’s go Someplace
To the wind be wed
Let the compass spin 
And by chance be led 
Across a sea
Of rocks and red
Of mountain peaks
And riverbeds

Let’s drift like clouds

Ever changing form
Through the sapphire day

And amethyst eve
Through ruby dawn
And emerald morn
Where the moon dies
And sun’s reborn

Let’s sing like branches

Bending with the breeze
In the summer heat
Through the autumn leaves

With winter’s hush
As the rivers freeze
mimic trickling cricks
In Spring’s reprise

Let’s go someplace

Where the boundaries blur

Lost in Prairie Sage
Among Bison herds 
Where pheasants fly
Where the river turns
Let’s be together 
On this sweet sojourn 

Let’s go someplace
 
Let’s go someplace
Let’s go 

– Chris Koza (www.chriskoza.com)

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