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Tracy Wong
Tracy Wong Series
Bersatu Senada (Together With One Voice)
An uplifting & bilingual contemporary piece which celebrates choral singing as a way of bringing together people of different cultures and communities!
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Bersatu Senada
SATB and piano
Download includes audio pronunciation track.
Composer’s Notes
Bersatu Senada (Together With One Voice) was commissioned in 2019 by Windsor Classic Chorale for the Windsor Choral Festival 2020. This uplifting contemporary piece celebrates choral singing as a way of bringing together people of different cultures and communities. It also takes a peek into my experience as a new Canadian immigrant – excited, scared, anxious, hopeful, and thankful – and realizing that I am surrounded by people in the choral community who support and lift me in dark times, and who celebrate with me in my successes.
The music shows the coming-together of different languages and musical elements that continue to influence my composition writing; here, the English and Malay text is co-written by Mohd Fairuz bin Mohd Tauhid and I, and represents the two languages that we were formally taught in Malaysian schools. It also signifies my continued search to define my Malaysian-Canadian identity. This can also be heard in the weaving of Malay folk elements into the contemporary Western choral setting. Snippets and small musical references of Rasa Sayang, an iconic Malay folk song, can be heard throughout the piece.
-Tracy Wong
Text
Nada
Rasa sayang hey
New places, new faces
Having the strength to take chances
And make choices
New journeys, new stories
Look around and know that
You are not alone
Rasa sayang hey
Genggamlah tanganku
Jari bersulam menyatu
Together one voice
Bersatu senada
Berbeza rupa, resam,
Percaya di hati
Rasa sayang hey
Kau, aku, bersama
Lagu kan nada, kini ku tahu
I’m not alone
Let’s clap our hands
Embrace each other
Together with one voice
Kita bersatu senada!
– Mohd Fairuz bin Mohd Tauhid
Translation:
(Tone, musical / vocal sound)
Feel love
New places, new faces
Having the strength to take chances
And make choices
New journeys, new stories
Look around and know that
You are not alone
Feel love
Hold my hand
Fingers intertwined
Together one voice
Together [singing] with one voice
Different faces, different cultures
Just believe in our hearts that
We feel the love, hey
You and me, together
Singing the same song, and now I know
I’m not alone
Let’s clap our hands
Embrace each other
Together with one voice
Together (singing) with one voice!
About the lyricist:
Mohd Fairuz bin Mohd Tauhid (b. 1982) is a choreographer, dancer, singer-songwriter, and performance artist. Currently based in Malaysia, Fairuz regularly choreographs for TV, film productions, and nation-wide advertisements. His career on the performance stage includes leading roles in multiple Malaysian musical productions (eg. Puteri Gunung Ledang, The Musical, P. Ramlee, The Musical). His exploration in the world of song writing is based on, and inspired by movement, choreography, and his viewpoint on the world of dance in Malaysia. This can be heard in his self-released songs (available on iTunes and Spotify): TARIKU (My Dance), JOGETKU (My Joget), Ikutiku (Follow Me), and Zapinku (My Zapin).
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