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Paul John Rudoi

Paul John Rudoi is an award-winning musician, entrepreneur, and advocate for arts access. As a professional tenor vocalist, Paul has performed and recorded a wide range of music in professional ensembles nationwide including Seraphic Fire, The Santa Fe Desert Chorale, True Concord, the Oregon Bach Festival, and most notably as a member of the full-time...

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Dangerous Men

Name: Dangerous Men
SKU: PJR-036
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Paul John Rudoi

“The dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”

Difficulty: 3

Duration: 3-5 min.

PJR-036

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TTBB Choir and Drums

Dangerous Men was commissioned for the 2015-2016 Minnesota All State TTBB Choir. The text, taken from T.E. Lawrence’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph,” is given a different take in Paul’s setting, viewing the idea of dangerous men as those with ideas that could actually change the world. The danger, then, is whether we stay in a problematic state, or make the world better for all.

Composer’s Notes

Consider the piece to be theatrical. The opening section should be introspective, leading to an outburst of energy, then questioning what dreams could actually mean by the end of the work.

– Paul John Rudoi

Text

“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”

– T.E. Lawrence

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