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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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Arrow

Name: Arrow
SKU: JH-C039
Availability: InStock

Jocelyn Hagen

This triumphant piece showcases a wide range of emotions and the power of focus and intention.

Difficulty: 3

Duration: 3-5 min.

JH-C039

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TBB, piano

This exciting work begins a cappella before a grand entrance in the virtuosic piano part. Lyrical lines lead into a rhythmic middle section that culminates with a thrilling climax.

Composer’s Notes

Send your singers on a music theory scavenger hunt! This work is based on a repeating motive that you can find in the vocal parts as well as the piano: scale degrees (in this order) 1-2-3-2-1. Can you see how this motive is also related to the opening chord? How about m. 74? How about the final chord?

– Jocelyn Hagen

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The aiming:

you aim at the center of the eye
you gather all landscape around that single point:
if a bird-ribbon flies across the edge
if a cloud teases the sun you gather all to the one point
there is only one

The letting go:

you are let go
you are no longer grasped empty air surrounds you
you no longer lean against the bow your hock is free
you are free
you are in danger

remember the center
all of you remembers the center

The flight:

you are moving along an invisible track (you make it yourself)
straight as your spine is straight

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