🎧Out today🎧:
“Cycles of Resistance” by
Chelsea Hollow

https://aerocademusic.com/cycles-of-resistance

24 new art songs for soprano and piano commissioned by Chelsea from 9 composers: Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Sophie Xuefei Zhang, Anthony R. Green, Michael Wiener, Molly Joyce, Lauren McCall, Jason Cady, Özden Gülsün, and Myron Silberstein.

Texts: Chinese feminist poetry from the early 1900s; a Dutch sonnet on love conquering all evils; the unity of young Czech girls imprisoned in Room 28 at Theresienstadt Internment Camp; a reminder that all humans are part of the disability community at some point in their lives; maternal hesitation, clarity, and urgency in the Flint, Michigan water crisis; harrowing tales of the Turkish Femicide; Prayers of Peace from the traditions of Islam and Hinduism; & inspiring speeches by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and activist Valarie Kaur.

#ArtSong #soprano #piano #AOC #ValarieKaur #Resistance #NewMusic #QiuJin #HenriëtteRolandHolst #JudithHeumann #FlintMichigan

“When we are brave enough to sit with our pain, it deepens our ability to sit with the pain of others. It shows us how to love them.” - #ValarieKaur #SeeNoStranger #mindfulness #kindness #loveoneanother