Jenni Brandon

Jenni Brandon: Wood Song for Solo Oboe

Composed in 2019, this piece has been selected as repertoire for the preliminary round of the 2022 IDRS Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition. It is inspired by the Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) poem of the same name. Jenni was particularly drawn to this poem for both the reference to the wood thrush bird as well as the poet's honesty of kissing life "scars and all". The colors of the oboe lend themselves to creating this bird's ethereal and mysterious sounds, and of telling the journey of a soul through poem and music.

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